--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Hashtable.java	2019-01-04 10:00:19.778617425 -0800
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Hashtable.java	2019-01-04 10:00:19.458617689 -0800
@@ -184,10 +184,11 @@
      */
     public Hashtable(int initialCapacity, float loadFactor) {
         if (initialCapacity < 0)
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal Capacity: "+
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal Capacity: " +
                                                initialCapacity);
-        if (loadFactor <= 0 || Float.isNaN(loadFactor))
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal Load: "+loadFactor);
+        if (!(loadFactor > 0))          // also checks for NaNs
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal load factor: " +
+                                               loadFactor);
 
         if (initialCapacity==0)
             initialCapacity = 1;
@@ -1269,8 +1270,9 @@
         s.defaultReadObject();
 
         // Validate loadFactor (ignore threshold - it will be re-computed)
-        if (loadFactor <= 0 || Float.isNaN(loadFactor))
-            throw new StreamCorruptedException("Illegal Load: " + loadFactor);
+        if (!(loadFactor > 0))          // also checks for NaNs
+            throw new StreamCorruptedException("Illegal load factor: " +
+                                               loadFactor);
 
         // Read the original length of the array and number of elements
         int origlength = s.readInt();