src/java.base/share/classes/sun/util/cldr/CLDRTimeZoneNameProviderImpl.java

rev 50971 : [mq]: 8206980

@@ -128,11 +128,12 @@
         locale = locale.equals(Locale.ROOT) ? Locale.ENGLISH : locale;
         String[][] ret = super.getZoneStrings(locale);
 
         // Fill in for the empty names.
         // English names are prefilled for performance.
-        if (locale.getLanguage() != "en") {
+        if (!locale.equals(Locale.ENGLISH) &&
+            !locale.equals(Locale.US)) {
             for (int zoneIndex = 0; zoneIndex < ret.length; zoneIndex++) {
                 deriveFallbackNames(ret[zoneIndex], locale);
             }
         }
         return ret;