src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/FilterInputStream.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1994, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1994, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this

@@ -57,13 +57,10 @@
      *
      * @param   in   the underlying input stream, or <code>null</code> if
      *          this instance is to be created without an underlying stream.
      */
     protected FilterInputStream(InputStream in) {
-        if (in == null) {
-            throw new NullPointerException();
-        }
         this.in = in;
     }
 
     /**
      * Reads the next byte of data from this input stream. The value