diff --git a/corba/src/java.corba/share/classes/com/sun/corba/se/impl/io/IIOPInputStream.java b/corba/src/java.corba/share/classes/com/sun/corba/se/impl/io/IIOPInputStream.java
index f3436b2c3c9..c9d6320f65a 100644
--- a/corba/src/java.corba/share/classes/com/sun/corba/se/impl/io/IIOPInputStream.java
+++ b/corba/src/java.corba/share/classes/com/sun/corba/se/impl/io/IIOPInputStream.java
@@ -1068,6 +1068,9 @@ public class IIOPInputStream
 
             int spBase = spClass;       // current top of stack
 
+            if (currentClass.getName().equals("java.lang.String")) {
+                return this.readUTF();
+            }
             /* The object's classes should be processed from supertype to subtype
              * Push all the clases of the current object onto a stack.
              * Note that only the serializable classes are represented
diff --git a/corba/src/java.corba/share/classes/com/sun/corba/se/impl/io/IIOPOutputStream.java b/corba/src/java.corba/share/classes/com/sun/corba/se/impl/io/IIOPOutputStream.java
index 1ca9e118cfd..a8fcb186c8b 100644
--- a/corba/src/java.corba/share/classes/com/sun/corba/se/impl/io/IIOPOutputStream.java
+++ b/corba/src/java.corba/share/classes/com/sun/corba/se/impl/io/IIOPOutputStream.java
@@ -559,6 +559,10 @@ public class IIOPOutputStream
              * Push all the clases of the current object onto a stack.
              * Remember the stack pointer where this set of classes is being pushed.
              */
+            if (currentClassDesc.forClass().getName().equals("java.lang.String")) {
+                    this.writeUTF((String)obj);
+                    return;
+            }
             int stackMark = classDescStack.size();
             try {
                 ObjectStreamClass next;