diff --git a/test/jdk/java/text/Format/MessageFormat/CompactSubFormats.java b/test/jdk/java/text/Format/MessageFormat/CompactSubFormats.java
index 5c7818ae1ba..5e5e9157f1b 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/text/Format/MessageFormat/CompactSubFormats.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/text/Format/MessageFormat/CompactSubFormats.java
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ public class CompactSubFormats {
     public void recognizedCompactStylesTest() {
         // An exception won't be thrown since 'compact_regular' will be interpreted as a
         // subformatPattern.
-        assertEquals(new DecimalFormat("compact_regular"),
+        DecimalFormatSymbols symbols = new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.US);
+        assertEquals(new DecimalFormat("compact_regular", symbols),
                 new MessageFormat("{0,number,compact_regular}", Locale.US).getFormatsByArgumentIndex()[0]);
     }