src/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/ThreadLocalRandom.java

@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@
 import java.util.function.LongConsumer;
 import java.util.stream.DoubleStream;
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 import java.util.stream.LongStream;
 import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
+import sun.misc.VM;
 
 /**
  * A random number generator isolated to the current thread.  Like the
  * global {@link java.util.Random} generator used by the {@link
  * java.lang.Math} class, a {@code ThreadLocalRandom} is initialized

@@ -133,14 +134,12 @@
      * The next seed for default constructors.
      */
     private static final AtomicLong seeder = new AtomicLong(initialSeed());
 
     private static long initialSeed() {
-        String pp = java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(
-                new sun.security.action.GetPropertyAction(
-                        "java.util.secureRandomSeed"));
-        if (pp != null && pp.equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
+        String sec = VM.getSavedProperty("java.util.secureRandomSeed");
+        if (Boolean.parseBoolean(sec)) {
             byte[] seedBytes = java.security.SecureRandom.getSeed(8);
             long s = (long)(seedBytes[0]) & 0xffL;
             for (int i = 1; i < 8; ++i)
                 s = (s << 8) | ((long)(seedBytes[i]) & 0xffL);
             return s;