--- old/src/java.corba/share/classes/com/sun/corba/se/impl/transport/DefaultSocketFactoryImpl.java	2015-10-07 21:02:11.107471778 +0200
+++ new/src/java.corba/share/classes/com/sun/corba/se/impl/transport/DefaultSocketFactoryImpl.java	2015-10-07 21:02:10.963471775 +0200
@@ -54,10 +54,7 @@
                 public Boolean run () {
                     String value =
                         System.getProperty("com.sun.CORBA.transport.enableTcpKeepAlive");
-                    if (value != null)
-                        return new Boolean(!"false".equalsIgnoreCase(value));
-
-                    return Boolean.FALSE;
+                    return (value == null) ? Boolean.FALSE : (!"false".equalsIgnoreCase(value)); 
                 }
             });
     }