diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/awt/DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/awt/DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java
index 1874d8bb3e3..9e2c6e5620d 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/awt/DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/awt/DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java
@@ -1078,6 +1078,9 @@ public class DefaultKeyboardFocusManager extends KeyboardFocusManager {
                     focusNextComponent(focusedComponent);
                 }
                 return;
+            } else if (e.getID() == KeyEvent.KEY_PRESSED) {
+                // Fix for 6637607: consumeNextKeyTyped should be reset.
+                consumeNextKeyTyped = false;
             }
 
             toTest = focusedComponent.getFocusTraversalKeys(
diff --git a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
index f5823786110..f2f59b859cc 100644
--- a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
+++ b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
@@ -5740,6 +5740,10 @@ void AwtComponent::_NativeHandleEvent(void *param)
                 env->DeleteGlobalRef(event);
                 delete nhes;
                 return;
+
+            } else if (id == java_awt_event_KeyEvent_KEY_PRESSED) {
+                // Fix for 6637607: reset consuming
+                keyDownConsumed = FALSE;
             }
 
             /* Consume a KEY_TYPED event if a KEY_PRESSED had been, to support
diff --git a/jdk/test/java/awt/Focus/ConsumeNextKeyTypedOnModalShowTest/ConsumeNextKeyTypedOnModalShowTest.java b/jdk/test/java/awt/Focus/ConsumeNextKeyTypedOnModalShowTest/ConsumeNextKeyTypedOnModalShowTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..801dc2e6e17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jdk/test/java/awt/Focus/ConsumeNextKeyTypedOnModalShowTest/ConsumeNextKeyTypedOnModalShowTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+  @test      %W% %E%
+  @bug       6637607
+  @summary   Showing a modal dlg on TAB KEY_PRESS shouldn't consume inappropriate KEY_TYPED.
+  @author    Anton Tarasov: area=awt-focus
+  @library   ../../regtesthelpers
+  @build     Util
+  @run       main ConsumeNextKeyTypedOnModalShowTest
+*/
+
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.event.*;
+import java.applet.Applet;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import test.java.awt.regtesthelpers.Util;
+
+public class ConsumeNextKeyTypedOnModalShowTest extends Applet {
+    Robot robot;
+    Frame frame = new Frame("Frame");
+    Dialog dialog = new Dialog(frame, "Dialog", true);
+    TextField tf0 = new TextField();
+    TextField tf1 = new TextField();
+    Button button = new Button("Button");
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        ConsumeNextKeyTypedOnModalShowTest app = new ConsumeNextKeyTypedOnModalShowTest();
+        app.init();
+        app.start();
+    }
+
+    public void init() {
+        robot = Util.createRobot();
+
+        tf0.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(50, 30));
+        tf1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(50, 30));
+        frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
+        frame.add(tf0);
+        frame.add(tf1);
+        frame.pack();
+
+        dialog.add(button);
+        dialog.pack();
+
+        Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().addAWTEventListener(new AWTEventListener() {
+            public void eventDispatched(AWTEvent e) {
+                if (e.getID() == KeyEvent.KEY_PRESSED && e.getSource() == tf0) {
+                    dialog.setVisible(true);
+                }
+            }
+        }, KeyEvent.KEY_EVENT_MASK);
+    }
+
+    public void start() {
+        frame.setVisible(true);
+        Util.waitTillShown(frame);
+
+        // Show the dialog.
+        robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_TAB);
+        robot.delay(50);
+        robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_TAB);
+
+        Util.waitForIdle(robot);
+
+        // Dispose the dialog.
+        Runnable action = new Runnable() {
+            public void run() {
+                dialog.dispose();
+            }
+        };
+        if (!Util.trackFocusGained(tf1, action, 2000, false)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Test failed: TAB was processed incorrectly!");
+        }
+
+        // Check for type-ability.
+        robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_A);
+        robot.delay(50);
+        robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_A);
+
+        Util.waitForIdle(robot);
+
+        if (tf1.getText().equals("")) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Test failed: couldn't type a char!");
+        }
+        System.out.println("Test passed.");
+    }
+}