--- old/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java	2019-02-12 14:26:57.979010400 +0530
+++ new/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java	2019-02-12 14:26:56.175882400 +0530
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1995, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1995, 2019, 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
@@ -503,15 +503,17 @@
      * implementations of the AccessibilityProvider interface, not by the order
      * of provider names in the property list.  When a provider is found its
      * accessibility implementation will be started by calling the provider's
-     * activate method.  All errors are handled via an AWTError exception.
+     * activate method.  If the list of assistive technology providers is empty string,
+     * or contains only white space characters or null then the method returns immediately.
+     * All other errors are handled via an AWTError exception.
      */
     private static void loadAssistiveTechnologies() {
         // Load any assistive technologies
-        if (atNames != null) {
+        if (atNames != null && !atNames.trim().isEmpty()) {
             ClassLoader cl = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
             Set<String> names = Arrays.stream(atNames.split(","))
-                                      .map(String::trim)
-                                      .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+                                        .map(String::trim)
+                                        .collect(Collectors.toSet());
             final Map<String, AccessibilityProvider> providers = new HashMap<>();
             AccessController.doPrivileged((PrivilegedAction<Void>) () -> {
                 try {
@@ -528,8 +530,8 @@
                 return null;
             });
             names.stream()
-                 .filter(n -> !providers.containsKey(n))
-                 .forEach(Toolkit::fallbackToLoadClassForAT);
+                    .filter(n -> !providers.containsKey(n))
+                    .forEach(Toolkit::fallbackToLoadClassForAT);
         }
     }