--- a/jdk/src/share/bin/java.c	Sun Jan 01 09:24:00 2012 +0000
+++ b/jdk/src/share/bin/java.c	Tue Jan 03 08:27:37 2012 -0800
@@ -382,6 +382,11 @@
         exit(1);
     }
 
+    if (showSettings != NULL) {
+        ShowSettings(env, showSettings);
+        CHECK_EXCEPTION_LEAVE(1);
+    }
+
     if (printVersion || showVersion) {
         PrintJavaVersion(env, showVersion);
         CHECK_EXCEPTION_LEAVE(0);
@@ -390,10 +395,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    if (showSettings != NULL) {
-        ShowSettings(env, showSettings);
-        CHECK_EXCEPTION_LEAVE(1);
-    }
     /* If the user specified neither a class name nor a JAR file */
     if (printXUsage || printUsage || what == 0 || mode == LM_UNKNOWN) {
         PrintUsage(env, printXUsage);

--- a/jdk/test/tools/launcher/Settings.java	Sun Jan 01 09:24:00 2012 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/tools/launcher/Settings.java	Tue Jan 03 08:27:37 2012 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 /*
  * @test
- * @bug 6994753
+ * @bug 6994753 7123582
  * @summary tests -XshowSettings options
  * @compile -XDignore.symbol.file Settings.java TestHelper.java
  * @run main Settings
@@ -129,6 +129,17 @@
         checkNoContains(tr, LOCALE_SETTINGS);
         checkContains(tr, "Unrecognized option: -XshowSettingsBadOption");
     }
+
+    static void runTest7123582() throws IOException {
+        TestHelper.TestResult tr = null;
+        tr = TestHelper.doExec(TestHelper.javaCmd, "-XshowSettings", "-version");
+        if (!tr.isOK()) {
+            System.out.println(tr.status);
+            throw new RuntimeException("test fails");
+        }
+        containsAllOptions(tr);
+    }
+
     public static void main(String... args) {
         try {
             runTestOptionAll();
@@ -137,6 +148,7 @@
             runTestOptionProperty();
             runTestOptionLocale();
             runTestBadOptions();
+            runTest7123582();
         } catch (IOException ioe) {
             throw new RuntimeException(ioe);
         }