diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/HttpURLConnection.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/HttpURLConnection.java
index 136ab85b3ed..480553e9a62 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/HttpURLConnection.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/HttpURLConnection.java
@@ -2041,7 +2041,11 @@ public class HttpURLConnection extends java.net.HttpURLConnection {
         if (statusLine == null || statusLine.isBlank()) {
             return invalidStatusLine;
         }
-        final StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(statusLine);
+        //
+        // status-line = HTTP-version SP status-code SP [ reason-phrase ]
+        // SP = space character
+        //
+        final StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(statusLine, " ");
         if (!st.hasMoreTokens()) {
             return invalidStatusLine;
         }
@@ -2049,7 +2053,7 @@ public class HttpURLConnection extends java.net.HttpURLConnection {
         if (!st.hasMoreTokens()) {
             return invalidStatusLine;
         }
-        final String v = st.nextToken().trim(); // response code
+        final String v = st.nextToken().trim(); // status code
         try {
             return Integer.parseInt(v);
         } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
diff --git a/test/jdk/java/net/HttpURLConnection/ProxyBadStatusLine.java b/test/jdk/java/net/HttpURLConnection/ProxyBadStatusLine.java
index da63a3b904c..be881030715 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/net/HttpURLConnection/ProxyBadStatusLine.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/net/HttpURLConnection/ProxyBadStatusLine.java
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ class ProxyBadStatusLine {
                 Arguments.of("HTTP/1.1\n", "Unable to tunnel through proxy"),
                 Arguments.of("HTTP/1.1 301 ", "Unable to tunnel through proxy"),
                 Arguments.of("HTTP/1.1 404 ", "Unable to tunnel through proxy"),
-                Arguments.of("HTTP/1.1 503 ", "Unable to tunnel through proxy")
+                Arguments.of("HTTP/1.1 503 ", "Unable to tunnel through proxy"),
+                Arguments.of("HTTP/1.1\n200 ", "Unable to tunnel through proxy"),
+                Arguments.of("HTTP/1.1\r200 ", "Unable to tunnel through proxy"),
+                Arguments.of("HTTP/1.1\f200 ", "Unable to tunnel through proxy")
         );
     }