diff --git a/jdk/test/ProblemList.txt b/jdk/test/ProblemList.txt
index e294b9c29e8..b6442f648d8 100644
--- a/jdk/test/ProblemList.txt
+++ b/jdk/test/ProblemList.txt
@@ -700,7 +700,6 @@ java/net/URLConnection/TimeoutTest.java 		 	generic-all
 java/net/URLConnection/ZeroContentLength.java		 	generic-all
 
 # Solaris 11 i586 fails with samevm, not sure why
-java/net/HttpURLConnection/HttpResponseCode.java		generic-all
 java/net/ResponseCache/B6181108.java				generic-all
 java/net/ResponseCache/ResponseCacheTest.java			generic-all
 java/net/URL/GetContent.java					generic-all
diff --git a/jdk/test/java/net/CookieHandler/CookieHandlerTest.java b/jdk/test/java/net/CookieHandler/CookieHandlerTest.java
index a3b4ada2761..221be099783 100644
--- a/jdk/test/java/net/CookieHandler/CookieHandlerTest.java
+++ b/jdk/test/java/net/CookieHandler/CookieHandlerTest.java
@@ -24,9 +24,13 @@
 /* @test
  * @summary Unit test for java.net.CookieHandler
  * @bug 4696506
+ * @run main/othervm CookieHandlerTest
  * @author Yingxian Wang
  */
 
+// Run in othervm since a default cookier handler is set and this
+// can effect other HTTP related tests.
+
 import java.net.*;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.io.*;