diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/LogManager.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/LogManager.java
index 993c7d513d8..669045d60eb 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/LogManager.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/LogManager.java
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ public class LogManager {
         Logger result = getLogger(name);
         if (result == null) {
             // only allocate the new logger once
-            Logger newLogger = new Logger(name, resourceBundleName, caller, this);
+            Logger newLogger = new Logger(name, resourceBundleName, caller, this, false);
             do {
                 if (addLogger(newLogger)) {
                     // We successfully added the new Logger that we
@@ -511,13 +511,13 @@ public class LogManager {
         } while (logger == null);
 
         // LogManager will set the sysLogger's handlers via LogManager.addLogger method.
-        if (logger != sysLogger && sysLogger.getHandlers().length == 0) {
+        if (logger != sysLogger && sysLogger.accessCheckedHandlers().length == 0) {
             // if logger already exists but handlers not set
             final Logger l = logger;
             AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Void>() {
                 @Override
                 public Void run() {
-                    for (Handler hdl : l.getHandlers()) {
+                    for (Handler hdl : l.accessCheckedHandlers()) {
                         sysLogger.addHandler(hdl);
                     }
                     return null;
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ public class LogManager {
             Logger result = findLogger(name);
             if (result == null) {
                 // only allocate the new system logger once
-                Logger newLogger = new Logger(name, resourceBundleName, null, getOwner());
+                Logger newLogger = new Logger(name, resourceBundleName, null, getOwner(), true);
                 do {
                     if (addLocalLogger(newLogger)) {
                         // We successfully added the new Logger that we
@@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ public class LogManager {
             // We do not call the protected Logger two args constructor here,
             // to avoid calling LogManager.getLogManager() from within the
             // RootLogger constructor.
-            super("", null, null, LogManager.this);
+            super("", null, null, LogManager.this, true);
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -1550,9 +1550,9 @@ public class LogManager {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Handler[] getHandlers() {
+        Handler[] accessCheckedHandlers() {
             initializeGlobalHandlers();
-            return super.getHandlers();
+            return super.accessCheckedHandlers();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/Logger.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/Logger.java
index 662c7185991..d3050007806 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/Logger.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/Logger.java
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ public class Logger {
     private volatile Level levelObject;
     private volatile int levelValue;  // current effective level value
     private WeakReference<ClassLoader> callersClassLoaderRef;
+    private final boolean isSystemLogger;
 
     /**
      * GLOBAL_LOGGER_NAME is a name for the global logger.
@@ -370,11 +371,12 @@ public class Logger {
      *             no corresponding resource can be found.
      */
     protected Logger(String name, String resourceBundleName) {
-        this(name, resourceBundleName, null, LogManager.getLogManager());
+        this(name, resourceBundleName, null, LogManager.getLogManager(), false);
     }
 
-    Logger(String name, String resourceBundleName, Class<?> caller, LogManager manager) {
+    Logger(String name, String resourceBundleName, Class<?> caller, LogManager manager, boolean isSystemLogger) {
         this.manager = manager;
+        this.isSystemLogger = isSystemLogger;
         setupResourceInfo(resourceBundleName, caller);
         this.name = name;
         levelValue = Level.INFO.intValue();
@@ -401,6 +403,7 @@ public class Logger {
     private Logger(String name) {
         // The manager field is not initialized here.
         this.name = name;
+        this.isSystemLogger = true;
         levelValue = Level.INFO.intValue();
     }
 
@@ -635,7 +638,7 @@ public class Logger {
         // cleanup some Loggers that have been GC'ed
         manager.drainLoggerRefQueueBounded();
         Logger result = new Logger(null, resourceBundleName,
-                                   Reflection.getCallerClass(), manager);
+                                   Reflection.getCallerClass(), manager, false);
         result.anonymous = true;
         Logger root = manager.getLogger("");
         result.doSetParent(root);
@@ -727,15 +730,23 @@ public class Logger {
 
         Logger logger = this;
         while (logger != null) {
-            for (Handler handler : logger.getHandlers()) {
+            final Handler[] loggerHandlers = isSystemLogger
+                ? logger.accessCheckedHandlers()
+                : logger.getHandlers();
+
+            for (Handler handler : loggerHandlers) {
                 handler.publish(record);
             }
 
-            if (!logger.getUseParentHandlers()) {
+            final boolean useParentHdls = isSystemLogger
+                ? logger.useParentHandlers
+                : logger.getUseParentHandlers();
+
+            if (!useParentHdls) {
                 break;
             }
 
-            logger = logger.getParent();
+            logger = isSystemLogger ? logger.parent : logger.getParent();
         }
     }
 
@@ -1762,6 +1773,12 @@ public class Logger {
      * @return  an array of all registered Handlers
      */
     public Handler[] getHandlers() {
+        return accessCheckedHandlers();
+    }
+
+    // This method should ideally be marked final - but unfortunately
+    // it needs to be overridden by LogManager.RootLogger
+    Handler[] accessCheckedHandlers() {
         return handlers.toArray(emptyHandlers);
     }
 
@@ -2149,12 +2166,14 @@ public class Logger {
             if (trb.userBundle != null) {
                 return trb;
             }
-            final String rbName = target.getResourceBundleName();
+            final String rbName = isSystemLogger
+                ? trb.resourceBundleName
+                : target.getResourceBundleName();
             if (rbName != null) {
                 return LoggerBundle.get(rbName,
                             findResourceBundle(rbName, true));
             }
-            target = target.getParent();
+            target = isSystemLogger ? target.parent : target.getParent();
         }
         return NO_RESOURCE_BUNDLE;
     }