--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/corba/se/spi/orb/ORB.java	Thu Feb 06 17:34:40 2014 -0800
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/corba/se/spi/orb/ORB.java	Wed Feb 26 23:04:12 2014 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2002, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 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
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@
     // representing LogDomain and ExceptionGroup.
     private Map wrapperMap ;
 
+    static class Holder {
+        static final PresentationManager defaultPresentationManager =
+            setupPresentationManager();
+    }
+    private static final Object pmLock = new Object();
+
     private static Map staticWrapperMap = new ConcurrentHashMap();
 
     protected MonitoringManager monitoringManager;
@@ -235,13 +241,24 @@
      */
     public static PresentationManager getPresentationManager()
     {
-        AppContext ac = AppContext.getAppContext();
-        PresentationManager pm = (PresentationManager) ac.get(PresentationManager.class);
-        if (pm == null) {
-            pm = setupPresentationManager();
-            ac.put(PresentationManager.class, pm);
+        SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
+        if (sm != null && AppContext.getAppContexts().size() > 0) {
+            AppContext ac = AppContext.getAppContext();
+            if (ac != null) {
+                synchronized (pmLock) {
+                    PresentationManager pm =
+                        (PresentationManager) ac.get(PresentationManager.class);
+                    if (pm == null) {
+                        pm = setupPresentationManager();
+                        ac.put(PresentationManager.class, pm);
+                    }
+                    return pm;
+                }
+            }
         }
-        return pm;
+
+        // No security manager or AppContext
+        return Holder.defaultPresentationManager;
     }
 
     /** Get the appropriate StubFactoryFactory.  This