diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/font/FontManager.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/font/FontManager.java
index f709f381ada..a8b721daffc 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/font/FontManager.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/font/FontManager.java
@@ -1601,18 +1601,27 @@ public final class FontManager {
     /* Path may be absolute or a base file name relative to one of
      * the platform font directories
      */
-    private static String getPathName(String s) {
+    private static String getPathName(final String s) {
         File f = new File(s);
         if (f.isAbsolute()) {
             return s;
         } else if (pathDirs.length==1) {
             return pathDirs[0] + File.separator + s;
         } else {
-            for (int p=0; p<pathDirs.length; p++) {
-                f = new File(pathDirs[p] + File.separator + s);
-                if (f.exists()) {
-                    return f.getAbsolutePath();
-                }
+            String path = java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(
+                 new java.security.PrivilegedAction<String>() {
+                     public String run() {
+                         for (int p=0; p<pathDirs.length; p++) {
+                             File f = new File(pathDirs[p] +File.separator+ s);
+                             if (f.exists()) {
+                                 return f.getAbsolutePath();
+                             }
+                         }
+                         return null;
+                     }
+                });
+            if (path != null) {
+                return path;
             }
         }
         return s; // shouldn't happen, but harmless
diff --git a/jdk/test/java/awt/FontClass/FontAccess.java b/jdk/test/java/awt/FontClass/FontAccess.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e965059ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jdk/test/java/awt/FontClass/FontAccess.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  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 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 6785424
+ * @summary Test no SecurityException searching for a font.
+ * @run main FontAccess
+ *
+ * This can only test the specific bug if run on something like
+ * Windows Citrix Server where SystemDirectory and WindowsDirectory
+ * are different locations.
+ */
+
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.image.*;
+
+public class FontAccess {
+
+     public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.setSecurityManager(new SecurityManager());
+        Font f = new Font("Verdana", Font.PLAIN, 12);
+        BufferedImage bi = new BufferedImage(1,1,1);
+        Graphics2D g = bi.createGraphics();
+        g.setFont(f);
+        System.out.println(g.getFontMetrics());
+     }
+}