diff --git a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Robot.cpp b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Robot.cpp
index b44996f95d3..7739af44b7a 100644
--- a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Robot.cpp
+++ b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Robot.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ AwtRobot::AwtRobot( jobject peer )
 {
     JNIEnv *env = (JNIEnv *)JNU_GetEnv(jvm, JNI_VERSION_1_2);
     m_peerObject = env->NewWeakGlobalRef(peer);
+    JNU_CHECK_EXCEPTION(env);
     JNI_SET_PDATA(peer, this);
 }