diff --git a/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/nio/ch/DevPollArrayWrapper.java b/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/nio/ch/DevPollArrayWrapper.java
index df30e2924f2..6eeee2a7532 100644
--- a/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/nio/ch/DevPollArrayWrapper.java
+++ b/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/nio/ch/DevPollArrayWrapper.java
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@
 package sun.nio.ch;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.util.BitSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import sun.security.action.GetIntegerAction;
 
 
 /**
@@ -78,10 +80,11 @@ class DevPollArrayWrapper {
     static final int   NUM_POLLFDS   = Math.min(OPEN_MAX-1, 8192);
 
     // Initial size of arrays for fd registration changes
-    private final int INITIAL_PENDING_UPDATE_SIZE = 64;
+    private static final int INITIAL_PENDING_UPDATE_SIZE = 64;
 
     // maximum size of updatesLow
-    private final int MAX_UPDATE_ARRAY_SIZE = Math.min(OPEN_MAX, 64*1024);
+    private static final int MAX_UPDATE_ARRAY_SIZE = AccessController.doPrivileged(
+        new GetIntegerAction("sun.nio.ch.maxUpdateArraySize", Math.min(OPEN_MAX, 64*1024)));
 
     // The pollfd array for results from devpoll driver
     private final AllocatedNativeObject pollArray;
diff --git a/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/nio/ch/EPollArrayWrapper.java b/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/nio/ch/EPollArrayWrapper.java
index a73d3c2dff1..f64feb24c75 100644
--- a/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/nio/ch/EPollArrayWrapper.java
+++ b/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/nio/ch/EPollArrayWrapper.java
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@
 package sun.nio.ch;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.util.BitSet;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import sun.security.action.GetIntegerAction;
 
 /**
  * Manipulates a native array of epoll_event structs on Linux:
@@ -78,8 +80,8 @@ class EPollArrayWrapper {
     private static final int INITIAL_PENDING_UPDATE_SIZE = 64;
 
     // maximum size of updatesLow
-    private static final int MAX_UPDATE_ARRAY_SIZE = Math.min(OPEN_MAX, 64*1024);
-
+    private static final int MAX_UPDATE_ARRAY_SIZE = AccessController.doPrivileged(
+        new GetIntegerAction("sun.nio.ch.maxUpdateArraySize", Math.min(OPEN_MAX, 64*1024)));
 
     // The fd of the epoll driver
     private final int epfd;
@@ -163,6 +165,16 @@ class EPollArrayWrapper {
         return pollArray.getInt(offset);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} if updates for the given key (file
+     * descriptor) are killed.
+     */
+    private boolean isEventsHighKilled(Integer key) {
+        assert key >= MAX_UPDATE_ARRAY_SIZE;
+        Byte value = eventsHigh.get(key);
+        return (value != null && value == KILLED);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the pending update events for the given file descriptor. This
      * method has no effect if the update events is already set to KILLED,
@@ -175,7 +187,7 @@ class EPollArrayWrapper {
             }
         } else {
             Integer key = Integer.valueOf(fd);
-            if ((eventsHigh.get(key) != KILLED) || force) {
+            if (!isEventsHighKilled(key) || force) {
                 eventsHigh.put(key, Byte.valueOf(events));
             }
         }
diff --git a/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/nio/ch/EventPortWrapper.java b/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/nio/ch/EventPortWrapper.java
index bec37360642..d9383eb7ed0 100644
--- a/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/nio/ch/EventPortWrapper.java
+++ b/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/nio/ch/EventPortWrapper.java
@@ -25,9 +25,14 @@
 
 package sun.nio.ch;
 
-import sun.misc.Unsafe;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.security.AccessController;
+import java.util.BitSet;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import sun.misc.Unsafe;
+import sun.security.action.GetIntegerAction;
 import static sun.nio.ch.SolarisEventPort.*;
 
 /**
@@ -49,7 +54,8 @@ class EventPortWrapper {
     private final int INITIAL_PENDING_UPDATE_SIZE = 256;
 
     // maximum size of updateArray
-    private final int MAX_UPDATE_ARRAY_SIZE = Math.min(OPEN_MAX, 64*1024);
+    private static final int MAX_UPDATE_ARRAY_SIZE = AccessController.doPrivileged(
+        new GetIntegerAction("sun.nio.ch.maxUpdateArraySize", Math.min(OPEN_MAX, 64*1024)));
 
     // special update status to indicate that it should be ignored
     private static final byte IGNORE = -1;
diff --git a/jdk/test/java/nio/channels/Selector/LotsOfChannels.java b/jdk/test/java/nio/channels/Selector/LotsOfChannels.java
index d88655d807f..2db6366a7fd 100644
--- a/jdk/test/java/nio/channels/Selector/LotsOfChannels.java
+++ b/jdk/test/java/nio/channels/Selector/LotsOfChannels.java
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
  */
 
 /* @test
- * @bug 4503092
+ * @bug 4503092 8024883
  * @summary Tests that Windows Selector can use more than 63 channels
- * @run main/timeout=300 LotsOfChannels
+ * @run main LotsOfChannels
+ * @run main/othervm -Dsun.nio.ch.maxUpdateArraySize=64 LotsOfChannels
  * @author kladko
  */
 
diff --git a/jdk/test/java/nio/channels/Selector/SelectorLimit.java b/jdk/test/java/nio/channels/Selector/SelectorLimit.java
index 27589e24665..69963db8e04 100644
--- a/jdk/test/java/nio/channels/Selector/SelectorLimit.java
+++ b/jdk/test/java/nio/channels/Selector/SelectorLimit.java
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@
  */
 
 /* @test
- * @bug 4777504
+ * @bug 4777504 8024883
  * @summary Ensure that a Selector can return at least 100 selected keys
  * @author Mark Reinhold
  * @library ..
  * @build SelectorLimit
  * @run main/othervm SelectorLimit
+ * @run main/othervm -Dsun.nio.ch.maxUpdateArraySize=128 SelectorLimit
  */
 
 import java.io.*;