--- old/test/jdk/java/util/concurrent/atomic/VMSupportsCS8.java	2018-11-08 11:59:10.298787279 -0500
+++ new/test/jdk/java/util/concurrent/atomic/VMSupportsCS8.java	2018-11-08 11:59:10.122786406 -0500
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 
 public class VMSupportsCS8 {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-        if (System.getProperty("sun.cpu.isalist").matches
+        String isalist = System.getProperty("sun.cpu.isalist");
+        if (isalist != null && isalist.matches
             (".*\\b(sparcv9|pentium_pro|ia64|amd64).*")
             ||
             System.getProperty("os.arch").matches