--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/DateFormatSymbols.java	2016-02-23 17:56:10.485856700 +0530
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/DateFormatSymbols.java	2016-02-23 17:56:09.737051900 +0530
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@
         try
         {
             DateFormatSymbols other = (DateFormatSymbols)super.clone();
-            copyMembers(this, other);
+            copyMembers(new SymbolsCacheEntry(locale), other);
             return other;
         } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
             throw new InternalError(e);
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@
     /**
      * Cache to hold DateFormatSymbols instances per Locale.
      */
-    private static final ConcurrentMap<Locale, SoftReference<DateFormatSymbols>> cachedInstances
+    private static final ConcurrentMap<Locale, SoftReference<SymbolsCacheEntry>> cachedInstances
         = new ConcurrentHashMap<>(3);
 
     private transient int lastZoneIndex;
@@ -683,10 +683,10 @@
         locale = desiredLocale;
 
         // Copy values of a cached instance if any.
-        SoftReference<DateFormatSymbols> ref = cachedInstances.get(locale);
-        DateFormatSymbols dfs;
-        if (ref != null && (dfs = ref.get()) != null) {
-            copyMembers(dfs, this);
+        SoftReference<SymbolsCacheEntry> ref = cachedInstances.get(locale);
+        SymbolsCacheEntry sce;
+        if (ref != null && (sce = ref.get()) != null) {
+            copyMembers(sce, this);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -717,11 +717,11 @@
         weekdays = toOneBasedArray(resource.getStringArray("DayNames"));
         shortWeekdays = toOneBasedArray(resource.getStringArray("DayAbbreviations"));
 
-        // Put a clone in the cache
-        ref = new SoftReference<>((DateFormatSymbols)this.clone());
-        SoftReference<DateFormatSymbols> x = cachedInstances.putIfAbsent(locale, ref);
+        sce = new SymbolsCacheEntry(locale);
+        ref = new SoftReference<>(sce);
+        SoftReference<SymbolsCacheEntry> x = cachedInstances.putIfAbsent(locale, ref);
         if (x != null) {
-            DateFormatSymbols y = x.get();
+            SymbolsCacheEntry y = x.get();
             if (y == null) {
                 // Replace the empty SoftReference with ref.
                 cachedInstances.put(locale, ref);
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@
      * @param src the source DateFormatSymbols.
      * @param dst the target DateFormatSymbols.
      */
-    private void copyMembers(DateFormatSymbols src, DateFormatSymbols dst)
+    private void copyMembers(SymbolsCacheEntry src, DateFormatSymbols dst)
     {
         dst.eras = Arrays.copyOf(src.eras, src.eras.length);
         dst.months = Arrays.copyOf(src.months, src.months.length);
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@
         dst.shortWeekdays = Arrays.copyOf(src.shortWeekdays, src.shortWeekdays.length);
         dst.ampms = Arrays.copyOf(src.ampms, src.ampms.length);
         if (src.zoneStrings != null) {
-            dst.zoneStrings = src.getZoneStringsImpl(true);
+            dst.zoneStrings = getZoneStringsImpl(true);
         } else {
             dst.zoneStrings = null;
         }
@@ -842,4 +842,43 @@
         }
         stream.defaultWriteObject();
     }
+
+    private static class SymbolsCacheEntry {
+
+        final String eras[];
+        final String months[];
+        final String shortMonths[];
+        final String weekdays[];
+        final String shortWeekdays[];
+        final String ampms[];
+        final String zoneStrings[][];
+        final String localPatternChars;
+
+        SymbolsCacheEntry(Locale locale) {
+            // Initialize the fields from the ResourceBundle for locale.
+            LocaleProviderAdapter adapter = LocaleProviderAdapter.getAdapter(DateFormatSymbolsProvider.class, locale);
+            // Avoid any potential recursions
+            if (!(adapter instanceof ResourceBundleBasedAdapter)) {
+                adapter = LocaleProviderAdapter.getResourceBundleBased();
+            }
+            ResourceBundle resource = ((ResourceBundleBasedAdapter) adapter).getLocaleData().getDateFormatData(locale);
+            if (resource.containsKey("Eras")) {
+                this.eras = resource.getStringArray("Eras");
+            } else if (resource.containsKey("long.Eras")) {
+                this.eras = resource.getStringArray("long.Eras");
+            } else if (resource.containsKey("short.Eras")) {
+                this.eras = resource.getStringArray("short.Eras");
+            } else {
+                this.eras = null;
+            }
+            this.months = resource.getStringArray("MonthNames");
+            this.shortMonths = resource.getStringArray("MonthAbbreviations");
+            this.weekdays = toOneBasedArray(resource.getStringArray("DayNames"));
+            this.shortWeekdays = toOneBasedArray(resource.getStringArray("DayAbbreviations"));
+            this.ampms = resource.getStringArray("AmPmMarkers");
+            this.zoneStrings = TimeZoneNameUtility.getZoneStrings(locale);
+            this.localPatternChars = resource.getString("DateTimePatternChars");
+
+        }
+    }
 }