diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/crypto/provider/DESKeyFactory.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/crypto/provider/DESKeyFactory.java
index 47f0b26a27d..f51de29ba8b 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/crypto/provider/DESKeyFactory.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/crypto/provider/DESKeyFactory.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, 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
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import javax.crypto.spec.DESKeySpec;
 import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
 import java.security.spec.KeySpec;
 import java.security.spec.InvalidKeySpecException;
+import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
 
 /**
  * This class implements the DES key factory of the Sun provider.
@@ -60,20 +61,22 @@ public final class DESKeyFactory extends SecretKeyFactorySpi {
      */
     protected SecretKey engineGenerateSecret(KeySpec keySpec)
         throws InvalidKeySpecException {
-        DESKey desKey = null;
 
         try {
-            if (!(keySpec instanceof DESKeySpec)) {
-                throw new InvalidKeySpecException
-                    ("Inappropriate key specification");
+            if (keySpec instanceof DESKeySpec) {
+                return new DESKey(((DESKeySpec)keySpec).getKey());
             }
-            else {
-                DESKeySpec desKeySpec = (DESKeySpec)keySpec;
-                desKey = new DESKey(desKeySpec.getKey());
+
+            if (keySpec instanceof SecretKeySpec) {
+                return new DESKey(((SecretKeySpec)keySpec).getEncoded());
             }
+
+            throw new InvalidKeySpecException(
+                    "Inappropriate key specification");
+
         } catch (InvalidKeyException e) {
+            throw new InvalidKeySpecException(e.getMessage());
         }
-        return desKey;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/crypto/provider/DESedeKeyFactory.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/crypto/provider/DESedeKeyFactory.java
index 9caabc3d80b..d2d2d7d47ea 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/crypto/provider/DESedeKeyFactory.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/crypto/provider/DESedeKeyFactory.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, 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
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import javax.crypto.spec.DESedeKeySpec;
 import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
 import java.security.spec.KeySpec;
 import java.security.spec.InvalidKeySpecException;
+import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
 
 /**
  * This class implements the DES-EDE key factory of the Sun provider.
@@ -60,20 +61,20 @@ public final class DESedeKeyFactory extends SecretKeyFactorySpi {
      */
     protected SecretKey engineGenerateSecret(KeySpec keySpec)
         throws InvalidKeySpecException {
-        DESedeKey desEdeKey = null;
 
         try {
             if (keySpec instanceof DESedeKeySpec) {
-                DESedeKeySpec desEdeKeySpec = (DESedeKeySpec)keySpec;
-                desEdeKey = new DESedeKey(desEdeKeySpec.getKey());
-
-            } else {
-                throw new InvalidKeySpecException
-                    ("Inappropriate key specification");
+                return new DESedeKey(((DESedeKeySpec)keySpec).getKey());
             }
+            if (keySpec instanceof SecretKeySpec) {
+                return new DESedeKey(((SecretKeySpec)keySpec).getEncoded());
+
+            }
+            throw new InvalidKeySpecException
+                ("Inappropriate key specification");
         } catch (InvalidKeyException e) {
+            throw new InvalidKeySpecException(e.getMessage());
         }
-        return desEdeKey;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/jdk/test/com/sun/crypto/provider/Cipher/DES/DESSecretKeySpec.java b/jdk/test/com/sun/crypto/provider/Cipher/DES/DESSecretKeySpec.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e5ec14f18e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jdk/test/com/sun/crypto/provider/Cipher/DES/DESSecretKeySpec.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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 6755701
+ * @summary Change SecretKeyFactory.generateSecret to allow SecretKeySpec to
+ * be passed and used for creating a DES and DESede keys. This avoids the error
+ * of "InvalidKeySpecException: Inappropriate key specification"
+ * @author Anthony Scarpino
+ */
+
+import javax.crypto.Cipher;
+import javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory;
+import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
+
+public class DESSecretKeySpec {
+
+    public static void main(String arg[]) throws Exception {
+        Cipher c;
+        byte[] key = new byte[]{'1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8',
+            '1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8',
+            '1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8'};
+
+
+        System.out.println("Testing DES key");
+        SecretKeySpec skey = new SecretKeySpec(key, "DES");
+        c = Cipher.getInstance("DES/CBC/PKCS5Padding", "SunJCE");
+        SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("DES").generateSecret(skey);
+
+        System.out.println("Testing DESede key");
+        skey = new SecretKeySpec(key, "DESede");
+        c = Cipher.getInstance("DESede/CBC/PKCS5Padding", "SunJCE");
+        SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("TripleDES").generateSecret(skey);
+    }
+}