diff --git a/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/ObjectStreamClass.java b/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/ObjectStreamClass.java
index 77e638b50bd..ca01d35cf9b 100644
--- a/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/ObjectStreamClass.java
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/ObjectStreamClass.java
@@ -845,7 +845,6 @@ public class ObjectStreamClass implements Serializable {
      * returned.
      */
     ObjectStreamField[] getFields(boolean copy) {
-        requireInitialized();
         return copy ? fields.clone() : fields;
     }