--- a/src/share/classes/java/io/InputStream.java	Fri Sep 30 05:30:03 2011 +0100
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/io/InputStream.java	Fri Oct 14 00:49:20 2011 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1994, 2006, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1994, 2011, 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
@@ -44,10 +44,9 @@
  */
 public abstract class InputStream implements Closeable {
 
-    // SKIP_BUFFER_SIZE is used to determine the size of skipBuffer
-    private static final int SKIP_BUFFER_SIZE = 2048;
-    // skipBuffer is initialized in skip(long), if needed.
-    private static byte[] skipBuffer;
+    // MAX_SKIP_BUFFER_SIZE is used to determine the maximum buffer skip to
+    // use when skipping.
+    private static final int MAX_SKIP_BUFFER_SIZE = 2048;
 
     /**
      * Reads the next byte of data from the input stream. The value byte is
@@ -212,18 +211,15 @@
 
         long remaining = n;
         int nr;
-        if (skipBuffer == null)
-            skipBuffer = new byte[SKIP_BUFFER_SIZE];
-
-        byte[] localSkipBuffer = skipBuffer;
 
         if (n <= 0) {
             return 0;
         }
 
+        int size = (int)Math.min(MAX_SKIP_BUFFER_SIZE, remaining);
+        byte[] skipBuffer = new byte[size];
         while (remaining > 0) {
-            nr = read(localSkipBuffer, 0,
-                      (int) Math.min(SKIP_BUFFER_SIZE, remaining));
+            nr = read(skipBuffer, 0, (int)Math.min(size, remaining));
             if (nr < 0) {
                 break;
             }