diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/annotation/IncompleteAnnotationException.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/annotation/IncompleteAnnotationException.java
index 7d7c2b1..dcd4f2a 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/annotation/IncompleteAnnotationException.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/annotation/IncompleteAnnotationException.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2011, 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
@@ -41,21 +41,23 @@
 public class IncompleteAnnotationException extends RuntimeException {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 8445097402741811912L;
 
-    private Class annotationType;
+    private Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType;
     private String elementName;
 
-
     /**
      * Constructs an IncompleteAnnotationException to indicate that
      * the named element was missing from the specified annotation type.
      *
      * @param annotationType the Class object for the annotation type
      * @param elementName the name of the missing element
+     * @throws NullPointerException if either parameter is {@code null}
      */
     public IncompleteAnnotationException(
             Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType,
             String elementName) {
-        super(annotationType.getName() + " missing element " + elementName);
+        super(annotationType.getName().toString() +
+              " missing element " +
+              elementName.toString());
 
         this.annotationType = annotationType;
         this.elementName = elementName;
diff --git a/test/java/lang/annotation/TestIncompleteAnnotationExceptionNPE.java b/test/java/lang/annotation/TestIncompleteAnnotationExceptionNPE.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e9e7a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/java/lang/annotation/TestIncompleteAnnotationExceptionNPE.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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     7021922
+ * @summary Test null handling of IncompleteAnnotationException constructor
+ * @author  Joseph D. Darcy
+ */
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+
+public class TestIncompleteAnnotationExceptionNPE {
+    public static void main(String... args) {
+        int errors = 0;
+        Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType = Annotation.class;
+        String elementName = "name";
+
+        try {
+            Object o = new IncompleteAnnotationException(null, null);
+            errors++;
+        } catch(NullPointerException npe) {
+            ; // Expected
+        }
+
+        try {
+            Object o = new IncompleteAnnotationException(annotationType, null);
+            errors++;
+        } catch(NullPointerException npe) {
+            ; // Expected
+        }
+
+        try {
+            Object o = new IncompleteAnnotationException(null, elementName);
+            errors++;
+        } catch(NullPointerException npe) {
+            ; // Expected
+        }
+
+        if (errors != 0)
+            throw new RuntimeException("Encountered " + errors +
+                                       " error(s) during construction.");
+    }
+}