diff --git a/mozilla/js/rhino/src/org/mozilla/javascript/Context.java b/mozilla/js/rhino/src/org/mozilla/javascript/Context.java
index 456e115ae04..e397ad5a3e1 100644
--- a/mozilla/js/rhino/src/org/mozilla/javascript/Context.java
+++ b/mozilla/js/rhino/src/org/mozilla/javascript/Context.java
@@ -2344,7 +2344,7 @@ public class Context
                                ErrorReporter compilationErrorReporter)
         throws IOException
     {
-        if (securityDomain != null && securityController == null) {
+        if (securityDomain != null && getSecurityController() == null) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                 "securityDomain should be null if setSecurityController() was never called");
         }