--- a/src/java.desktop/windows/classes/sun/awt/windows/ThemeReader.java	Fri Dec 08 09:37:28 2017 -0500
+++ b/src/java.desktop/windows/classes/sun/awt/windows/ThemeReader.java	Sun Dec 10 15:29:26 2017 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2004, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2017, 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
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     private static final Lock readLock = readWriteLock.readLock();
     private static final Lock writeLock = readWriteLock.writeLock();
     private static volatile boolean valid = false;
+    private static volatile boolean isThemed;
 
     static volatile boolean xpStyleEnabled;
 
@@ -70,7 +71,17 @@
         valid = false;
     }
 
-    public static native boolean isThemed();
+    private static native boolean initThemes();
+
+    public static boolean isThemed() {
+        writeLock.lock();
+        try {
+            isThemed = initThemes();
+            return isThemed;
+        } finally {
+            writeLock.unlock();
+        }
+    }
 
     public static boolean isXPStyleEnabled() {
         return xpStyleEnabled;
@@ -98,6 +109,9 @@
     // returns theme value
     // this method should be invoked with readLock locked
     private static Long getTheme(String widget) {
+        if (!isThemed) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Themes are not loaded");
+        }
         if (!valid) {
             readLock.unlock();
             writeLock.lock();

--- a/src/java.desktop/windows/native/libawt/windows/ThemeReader.cpp	Fri Dec 08 09:37:28 2017 -0500
+++ b/src/java.desktop/windows/native/libawt/windows/ThemeReader.cpp	Sun Dec 10 15:29:26 2017 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2017, 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
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
     return FALSE;
 }
 
-JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL Java_sun_awt_windows_ThemeReader_isThemed
+JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL Java_sun_awt_windows_ThemeReader_initThemes
 (JNIEnv *env, jclass klass) {
     static BOOL TryLoadingThemeLib = FALSE;
     static BOOL Themed = FALSE;