diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/net/HttpCookie.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/net/HttpCookie.java
index 1963e1fc913..fe4edc6ac12 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/net/HttpCookie.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/net/HttpCookie.java
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public final class HttpCookie implements Cloneable {
 
     private HttpCookie(String name, String value, String header) {
         name = name.trim();
-        if (name.length() == 0 || !isToken(name) || isReserved(name)) {
+        if (name.length() == 0 || !isToken(name)) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal cookie name");
         }
 
@@ -781,33 +781,6 @@ public final class HttpCookie implements Cloneable {
         return true;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * @param  name
-     *         the name to be tested
-     *
-     * @return  {@code true} if the name is reserved by cookie specification,
-     *          {@code false} if it is not
-     */
-    private static boolean isReserved(String name) {
-        if (name.equalsIgnoreCase("Comment")
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("CommentURL")      // rfc2965 only
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("Discard")         // rfc2965 only
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("Domain")
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("Expires")         // netscape draft only
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("Max-Age")
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("Path")
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("Port")            // rfc2965 only
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("Secure")
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("Version")
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("HttpOnly")
-            || name.charAt(0) == '$')
-        {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-
     /*
      * Parse header string to cookie object.
      *
diff --git a/jdk/test/java/net/CookieHandler/TestHttpCookie.java b/jdk/test/java/net/CookieHandler/TestHttpCookie.java
index cf93df935e9..98bf852836f 100644
--- a/jdk/test/java/net/CookieHandler/TestHttpCookie.java
+++ b/jdk/test/java/net/CookieHandler/TestHttpCookie.java
@@ -243,10 +243,6 @@ public class TestHttpCookie {
         test("set-cookie2: Customer = \"WILE_E_COYOTE\"; Version = \"1\"; Path = \"/acme\"")
         .n("Customer").v("WILE_E_COYOTE").ver(1).p("/acme");
 
-        // $NAME is reserved; result should be null
-        test("set-cookie2: $Customer = \"WILE_E_COYOTE\"; Version = \"1\"; Path = \"/acme\"")
-        .nil();
-
         // a 'full' cookie
         test("set-cookie2: Customer=\"WILE_E_COYOTE\"" +
                 ";Version=\"1\"" +
diff --git a/jdk/test/java/net/HttpCookie/IllegalCookieNameTest.java b/jdk/test/java/net/HttpCookie/IllegalCookieNameTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..235db2bdf55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jdk/test/java/net/HttpCookie/IllegalCookieNameTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/* @test
+ * @bug 7183292
+ */
+import java.net.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import com.sun.net.httpserver.*;
+
+public class IllegalCookieNameTest {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+        HttpServer s = null;
+        try {
+            InetSocketAddress addr = new InetSocketAddress(0);
+            s = HttpServer.create(addr, 10);
+            s.createContext("/", new HHandler());
+            s.start();
+            String u = "http://127.0.0.1:" + s.getAddress().getPort() + "/";
+            CookieHandler.setDefault(new TestCookieHandler());
+            URL url = new URL(u);
+            HttpURLConnection c = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+            c.getHeaderFields();
+            System.out.println ("OK");
+        } finally {
+            s.stop(1);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+class TestCookieHandler extends CookieHandler {
+    @Override
+    public Map<String, List<String>> get(URI uri, Map<String, List<String>> requestHeaders) {
+        return new HashMap<String, List<String>>();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void put(URI uri, Map<String, List<String>> responseHeaders) {
+    }
+}
+
+class HHandler implements  HttpHandler {
+    public void handle (HttpExchange e) {
+        try {
+            Headers h = e.getResponseHeaders();
+            h.set ("Set-Cookie", "domain=; expires=Mon, 01-Jan-1990 00:00:00 GMT; path=/; domain=.foo.com");
+            e.sendResponseHeaders(200, -1);
+            e.close();
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            System.out.println (ex);
+        }
+    }
+}