--- jsr166/src/test/tck/ForkJoinTask8Test.java	2015/01/15 18:34:19	1.8
+++ jsr166/src/test/tck/ForkJoinTask8Test.java	2015/02/07 17:49:11	1.10
@@ -721,18 +721,22 @@ public class ForkJoinTask8Test extends J
     }
 
     /**
-     * invokeAll(tasks) with any null task throws NPE
+     * invokeAll(tasks) with any null task throws NullPointerException
      */
-    public void testInvokeAllNPE() {
+    public void testInvokeAllNullTask() {
         RecursiveAction a = new CheckedRecursiveAction() {
             protected void realCompute() {
                 AsyncFib f = new AsyncFib(8);
                 AsyncFib g = new AsyncFib(9);
-                AsyncFib h = null;
-                try {
-                    invokeAll(f, g, h);
-                    shouldThrow();
-                } catch (NullPointerException success) {}
+                AsyncFib nul = null;
+                Runnable[] throwingActions = {
+                    () -> invokeAll(nul),
+                    () -> invokeAll(nul, nul),
+                    () -> invokeAll(f, g, nul),
+                    () -> invokeAll(f, nul, g),
+                    () -> invokeAll(nul, f, g),
+                };
+                assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, throwingActions);
             }};
         testInvokeOnPool(mainPool(), a);
     }