--- old/src/java.desktop/macosx/native/libawt_lwawt/awt/JavaComponentAccessibility.m	2016-09-15 12:20:15.000000000 +0300
+++ new/src/java.desktop/macosx/native/libawt_lwawt/awt/JavaComponentAccessibility.m	2016-09-15 12:20:15.000000000 +0300
@@ -323,11 +323,15 @@
 
 + (JavaComponentAccessibility *)createWithAccessible:(jobject)jaccessible withEnv:(JNIEnv *)env withView:(NSView *)view
 {
+    JavaComponentAccessibility *ret = nil;
     jobject jcomponent = [(AWTView *)view awtComponent:env];
     jint index = JNFCallStaticIntMethod(env, sjm_getAccessibleIndexInParent, jaccessible, jcomponent);
-    NSString *javaRole = getJavaRole(env, jaccessible, jcomponent);
+    if (index >= 0) {
+      NSString *javaRole = getJavaRole(env, jaccessible, jcomponent);
+      ret = [self createWithAccessible:jaccessible role:javaRole index:index withEnv:env withView:view];
+    }
     (*env)->DeleteLocalRef(env, jcomponent);
-    return [self createWithAccessible:jaccessible role:javaRole index:index withEnv:env withView:view];
+    return ret;
 }
 
 + (JavaComponentAccessibility *) createWithAccessible:(jobject)jaccessible role:(NSString *)javaRole index:(jint)index withEnv:(JNIEnv *)env withView:(NSView *)view