--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Fri Sep 24 00:52:04 2010 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Thu Sep 30 12:05:08 2010 -0400
@@ -119,11 +119,8 @@
   PropertyList_add(&_system_properties, new SystemProperty("java.vm.specification.version", "1.0", false));
   PropertyList_add(&_system_properties, new SystemProperty("java.vm.specification.name",
                                                                  "Java Virtual Machine Specification",  false));
-  PropertyList_add(&_system_properties, new SystemProperty("java.vm.specification.vendor",
-        JDK_Version::is_gte_jdk17x_version() ? "Oracle Corporation" : "Sun Microsystems Inc.", false));
   PropertyList_add(&_system_properties, new SystemProperty("java.vm.version", VM_Version::vm_release(),  false));
   PropertyList_add(&_system_properties, new SystemProperty("java.vm.name", VM_Version::vm_name(),  false));
-  PropertyList_add(&_system_properties, new SystemProperty("java.vm.vendor", VM_Version::vm_vendor(),  false));
   PropertyList_add(&_system_properties, new SystemProperty("java.vm.info", VM_Version::vm_info_string(),  true));
 
   // following are JVMTI agent writeable properties.
@@ -151,6 +148,14 @@
   os::init_system_properties_values();
 }
 
+
+  // Update/Initialize System properties after JDK version number is known
+void Arguments::init_version_specific_system_properties() {
+  PropertyList_add(&_system_properties, new SystemProperty("java.vm.specification.vendor",
+        JDK_Version::is_gte_jdk17x_version() ? "Oracle Corporation" : "Sun Microsystems Inc.", false));
+  PropertyList_add(&_system_properties, new SystemProperty("java.vm.vendor", VM_Version::vm_vendor(),  false));
+}
+
 /**
  * Provide a slightly more user-friendly way of eliminating -XX flags.
  * When a flag is eliminated, it can be added to this list in order to

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.hpp	Fri Sep 24 00:52:04 2010 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.hpp	Thu Sep 30 12:05:08 2010 -0400
@@ -484,6 +484,9 @@
   // System properties
   static void init_system_properties();
 
+  // Update/Initialize System properties after JDK version number is known
+  static void init_version_specific_system_properties();
+
   // Property List manipulation
   static void PropertyList_add(SystemProperty** plist, SystemProperty *element);
   static void PropertyList_add(SystemProperty** plist, const char* k, char* v);

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Fri Sep 24 00:52:04 2010 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Thu Sep 30 12:05:08 2010 -0400
@@ -2898,6 +2898,9 @@
   // So that JDK version can be used as a discrimintor when parsing arguments
   JDK_Version_init();
 
+  // Update/Initialize System properties after JDK version number is known
+  Arguments::init_version_specific_system_properties();
+
   // Parse arguments
   jint parse_result = Arguments::parse(args);
   if (parse_result != JNI_OK) return parse_result;