diff --git a/jdk/test/java/rmi/activation/ActivateFailedException/activateFails/ActivateFails.java b/jdk/test/java/rmi/activation/ActivateFailedException/activateFails/ActivateFails.java
index 604ee9e5a0a..b5787d05735 100644
--- a/jdk/test/java/rmi/activation/ActivateFailedException/activateFails/ActivateFails.java
+++ b/jdk/test/java/rmi/activation/ActivateFailedException/activateFails/ActivateFails.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2016, 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
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class ActivateFails
             System.err.println("invoking method on activatable object...");
             try {
                 obj1.ping();
-
+                throw new RuntimeException("ActivateFailedException is expected");
             } catch (ActivateFailedException e) {
 
                 /*