1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/java/lang/InheritableThreadLocal.java b/java/lang/InheritableThreadLocal.java
index bbcbc0c2f..2079a4c20 100644
--- a/java/lang/InheritableThreadLocal.java
+++ b/java/lang/InheritableThreadLocal.java
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ public class InheritableThreadLocal<T> extends ThreadLocal<T>
               {
 		InheritableThreadLocal local = (InheritableThreadLocal)key;
                 Object parentValue = parentThread.locals.get(key);
-		Object childValue = local.childValue(parentValue == NULL
+		Object childValue = local.childValue(parentValue == sentinel
 						? null : parentValue);
                 if (childThread.locals == null)
                     childThread.locals = new WeakIdentityHashMap();
                 childThread.locals.put(key, (childValue == null
-                                             ? NULL : childValue));
+                                             ? sentinel : childValue));
               }
           }
       }