diff --git a/src/jdk.crypto.cryptoki/share/native/libj2pkcs11/p11_general.c b/src/jdk.crypto.cryptoki/share/native/libj2pkcs11/p11_general.c
index e9bcf597a03..f61b8a5fb49 100644
--- a/src/jdk.crypto.cryptoki/share/native/libj2pkcs11/p11_general.c
+++ b/src/jdk.crypto.cryptoki/share/native/libj2pkcs11/p11_general.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 /* Copyright  (c) 2002 Graz University of Technology. All rights reserved.
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ Java_sun_security_pkcs11_wrapper_PKCS11_initializeLibrary
 #ifndef NO_CALLBACKS
     if (notifyListLock == NULL) {
         notifyListLock = createLockObject(env);
+
+        /* Return immediately if lock creation failed or an exception is pending. */
+        if (notifyListLock == NULL || (*env)->ExceptionCheck(env)) {
+            TRACE0("DEBUG: createLockObject failed, aborting initialization\n");
+            return;
+        }
     }
 #endif