--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/ThreadLocalRandom.java	2017-05-11 16:25:53.864528930 -0400
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/ThreadLocalRandom.java	2017-05-11 16:25:51.876412478 -0400
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.LongStream;
 import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
 import jdk.internal.misc.Unsafe;
+import jdk.internal.misc.VM;
 
 /**
  * A random number generator isolated to the current thread.  Like the
@@ -1093,11 +1094,8 @@
 
     // at end of <clinit> to survive static initialization circularity
     static {
-        if (java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(
-            new java.security.PrivilegedAction<>() {
-                public Boolean run() {
-                    return Boolean.getBoolean("java.util.secureRandomSeed");
-                }})) {
+        String sec = VM.getSavedProperty("java.util.secureRandomSeed");
+        if (sec != null && Boolean.parseBoolean(sec)) {
             byte[] seedBytes = java.security.SecureRandom.getSeed(8);
             long s = (long)seedBytes[0] & 0xffL;
             for (int i = 1; i < 8; ++i)