1 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/Thread.java b/libjava/java/lang/Thread.java
index 32f7d17..64498b2 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/Thread.java
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/Thread.java
@@ -614,11 +614,6 @@ public class Thread implements Runnable
   public Thread (ThreadGroup g, Runnable r, String n)
   {
     this (currentThread (), g, r, n);
-
-    // The Class Libraries book says ``threadName cannot be null''.  I
-    // take this to mean NullPointerException.
-    if (n == null)
-      throw new NullPointerException ();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -645,15 +640,15 @@ public class Thread implements Runnable
   {
     // Just ignore stackSize for now.
     this (currentThread (), g, r, n);
+  }
 
+  private Thread (Thread current, ThreadGroup g, Runnable r, String n)
+  {
     // The Class Libraries book says ``threadName cannot be null''.  I
     // take this to mean NullPointerException.
     if (n == null)
       throw new NullPointerException ();
-  }
-
-  private Thread (Thread current, ThreadGroup g, Runnable r, String n)
-  {
+      
     if (g == null)
       {
 	// If CURRENT is null, then we are bootstrapping the first thread.