--- a/src/share/classes/java/awt/font/TransformAttribute.java	Thu Sep 19 09:37:13 2013 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/awt/font/TransformAttribute.java	Thu Sep 26 15:06:39 2013 -0700
@@ -141,14 +141,16 @@
      * @since 1.6
      */
     public boolean equals(Object rhs) {
-        try {
-            TransformAttribute that = (TransformAttribute)rhs;
-            if (transform == null) {
-                return that.transform == null;
+        if (rhs != null) {
+            try {
+                TransformAttribute that = (TransformAttribute)rhs;
+                if (transform == null) {
+                    return that.transform == null;
+                }
+                return transform.equals(that.transform);
             }
-            return transform.equals(that.transform);
-        }
-        catch (ClassCastException e) {
+            catch (ClassCastException e) {
+            }
         }
         return false;
     }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/java/awt/font/TransformAttribute/TransformEqualityTest.java	Thu Sep 26 15:06:39 2013 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary test equals method
+ * @bug 7092764
+ */
+
+import java.awt.font.TransformAttribute;
+import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
+
+public class TransformEqualityTest {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        AffineTransform tx1 = new AffineTransform(1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0);
+        AffineTransform tx2 = new AffineTransform(1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0);
+        AffineTransform tx3 = new AffineTransform(2, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0);
+        TransformAttribute ta1a = new TransformAttribute(tx1);
+        TransformAttribute ta1b = new TransformAttribute(tx1);
+        TransformAttribute ta2 = new TransformAttribute(tx2);
+        TransformAttribute ta3 = new TransformAttribute(tx3);
+        if (ta1a.equals(null)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("should not be equal to null.");
+        }
+        if (!ta1a.equals(ta1a)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("(1) should be equal.");
+        }
+        if (!ta1a.equals(ta1b)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("(2) should be equal.");
+        }
+        if (!ta1a.equals(ta2)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("(3) should be equal.");
+        }
+        if (ta2.equals(ta3)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("should be different.");
+        }
+    }
+}
+