diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/AuthenticationHeader.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/AuthenticationHeader.java
index 390898292f0..41f55998973 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/AuthenticationHeader.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/AuthenticationHeader.java
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ public class AuthenticationHeader {
 
             if(v == null) {
                 if ((v=schemes.get ("digest")) == null) {
-                    if (((v=schemes.get("ntlm"))==null)) {
+                    if (!NTLMAuthenticationProxy.supported
+                        || ((v=schemes.get("ntlm"))==null)) {
                         v = schemes.get ("basic");
                     }
                 }