diff --git a/jdk/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CDropTargetContextPeer.java b/jdk/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CDropTargetContextPeer.java
index 0f32d3178fd..ad6171fe67a 100644
--- a/jdk/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CDropTargetContextPeer.java
+++ b/jdk/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CDropTargetContextPeer.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ final class CDropTargetContextPeer extends SunDropTargetContextPeer {
     private long    fNativeDropTransfer = 0;
     private long    fNativeDataAvailable = 0;
     private Object  fNativeData    = null;
-    private boolean insideTarget = false;
+    private boolean insideTarget = true;
 
     Object awtLockAccess = new Object();