diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/SegmentBulkOperations.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/SegmentBulkOperations.java
index 74953f077e4..9d7b9e120b5 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/SegmentBulkOperations.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/SegmentBulkOperations.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import jdk.internal.misc.ScopedMemoryAccess;
 import jdk.internal.util.Architecture;
 import jdk.internal.util.ArraysSupport;
 import jdk.internal.vm.annotation.ForceInline;
+import sun.security.action.GetPropertyAction;
 
 import java.lang.foreign.MemorySegment;
 
@@ -309,8 +310,15 @@ public final class SegmentBulkOperations {
 
     // The returned value is in the interval [0, 2^30]
     static int powerOfPropertyOr(String name, int defaultPower) {
-        final int power = Integer.getInteger(PROPERTY_PATH + name, defaultPower);
-        return 1 << Math.clamp(power, 0, Integer.SIZE - 2);
+        final String property = GetPropertyAction.privilegedGetProperty(PROPERTY_PATH + name);
+        if (property != null) {
+            try {
+                return 1 << Math.clamp(Integer.parseInt(property), 0, Integer.SIZE - 2);
+            } catch (NumberFormatException _) {
+                // ignore
+            }
+        }
+        return defaultPower;
     }
 
 }