diff --git a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/java2d/d3d/D3DPipelineManager.cpp b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/java2d/d3d/D3DPipelineManager.cpp
index a7da3f3b38c..212b912cc53 100644
--- a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/java2d/d3d/D3DPipelineManager.cpp
+++ b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/java2d/d3d/D3DPipelineManager.cpp
@@ -191,6 +191,14 @@ void D3DPipelineManager::NotifyAdapterEventListeners(UINT adapter,
     pMgr = D3DPipelineManager::GetInstance();
     RETURN_IF_NULL(pMgr);
     hMon = pMgr->pd3d9->GetAdapterMonitor(adapter);
+
+    /*
+     * If we don't have devices initialized yet, no sense to clear them.
+     */
+    if (!Devices::GetInstance()){
+         return;
+    }
+
     gdiScreen = AwtWin32GraphicsDevice::GetScreenFromHMONITOR(hMon);
 
     JNU_CallStaticMethodByName(env, NULL,
diff --git a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/Devices.h b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/Devices.h
index bbd8a497aaf..14e9e7b7f0d 100644
--- a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/Devices.h
+++ b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/windows/Devices.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class AwtWin32GraphicsDevice;
 class Devices {
 
 public:
+static Devices*                 GetInstance();
 static BOOL                     UpdateInstance(JNIEnv *env);
        int                      GetNumDevices() { return numDevices; }
        AwtWin32GraphicsDevice*  GetDeviceReference(int index, BOOL adjust = TRUE);
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@ friend class InstanceAccess;
 private:
                                 Devices(int numElements);
        void                     AddReference();
-static Devices*                 GetInstance();
 
        AwtWin32GraphicsDevice** devices;
        int                      refCount;