--- a/src/java.desktop/macosx/classes/com/apple/eawt/_AppMenuBarHandler.java	Tue Feb 27 11:08:53 2018 +0530
+++ b/src/java.desktop/macosx/classes/com/apple/eawt/_AppMenuBarHandler.java	Tue Feb 27 21:53:06 2018 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2018, 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
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
         return instance;
     }
 
+    private static ScreenMenuBar defaultMenuBar;
+
     // callback from the native delegate -init function
     private static void initMenuStates(final boolean aboutMenuItemVisible,
                                        final boolean aboutMenuItemEnabled,
@@ -76,6 +78,9 @@
 
     void setDefaultMenuBar(final JMenuBar menuBar) {
         installDefaultMenuBar(menuBar);
+        if (menuBar == null) {
+            return;
+        }
 
         // scan the current frames, and see if any are foreground
         final Frame[] frames = Frame.getFrames();
@@ -100,8 +105,13 @@
     }
 
     static void installDefaultMenuBar(final JMenuBar menuBar) {
+
         if (menuBar == null) {
             // intentionally clearing the default menu
+            if (defaultMenuBar != null) {
+                defaultMenuBar.removeNotify();
+                defaultMenuBar = null;
+            }
             nativeSetDefaultMenuBar(0);
             return;
         }
@@ -124,7 +134,14 @@
             throw new IllegalStateException("Application.setDefaultMenuBar() only works if apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=true");
         }
 
-        screenMenuBar.addNotify();
+        if (screenMenuBar != defaultMenuBar) {
+            if (defaultMenuBar != null) {
+                defaultMenuBar.removeNotify();
+            }
+            defaultMenuBar = screenMenuBar;
+            screenMenuBar.addNotify();
+        }
+
         final Object peer = AWTAccessor.getMenuComponentAccessor().getPeer(screenMenuBar);
         if (!(peer instanceof CMenuBar)) {
             // such a thing should not be possible

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/jdk/java/awt/MenuBar/DefaultMenuBarDispose.java	Tue Feb 27 21:53:06 2018 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @key headful
+ * @bug 8196322
+ * @summary [macosx] When the screen menu bar is used, clearing the default menu bar should permit AWT shutdown
+ * @author Alan Snyder
+ * @run main/othervm DefaultMenuBarDispose
+ * @requires (os.family == "mac")
+ */
+
+import java.awt.Desktop;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
+import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
+
+public class DefaultMenuBarDispose
+{
+    public DefaultMenuBarDispose()
+    {
+        Thread watcher = new Thread(() -> {
+            try {
+                synchronized (this) {
+                    wait(5000);
+                }
+                throw new RuntimeException("Test failed: failed to exit");
+            } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+            }
+        });
+        watcher.setDaemon(true);
+        watcher.start();
+
+        runSwing(() ->
+            {
+                JMenuBar mb = new JMenuBar();
+                Desktop.getDesktop().setDefaultMenuBar(mb);
+                Desktop.getDesktop().setDefaultMenuBar(null);
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
+    private static void runSwing(Runnable r)
+    {
+        try {
+            SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(r);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+        } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args)
+    {
+        if (!System.getProperty("os.name").contains("OS X")) {
+            System.out.println("This test is for MacOS only. Automatically passed on other platforms.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        System.setProperty("apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar", "true");
+
+        new DefaultMenuBarDispose();
+    }
+}