diff --git a/src/java.desktop/share/native/libawt/awt/image/awt_parseImage.c b/src/java.desktop/share/native/libawt/awt/image/awt_parseImage.c
index 4b6b24183be..c8d1464f8aa 100644
--- a/src/java.desktop/share/native/libawt/awt/image/awt_parseImage.c
+++ b/src/java.desktop/share/native/libawt/awt/image/awt_parseImage.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ int awt_parseColorModel (JNIEnv *env, jobject jcmodel, int imageType,
 
     int i;
     static jobject s_jdefCM = NULL;
+    cmP->nBits = NULL;
 
     if (JNU_IsNull(env, jcmodel)) {
         JNU_ThrowNullPointerException(env, "null ColorModel object");
@@ -485,7 +486,6 @@ int awt_parseColorModel (JNIEnv *env, jobject jcmodel, int imageType,
         return -1;
     }
 
-    cmP->nBits = NULL;
     if (SAFE_TO_ALLOC_2(cmP->numComponents, sizeof(jint))) {
         cmP->nBits = (jint *)malloc(cmP->numComponents * sizeof(jint));
     }
@@ -508,7 +508,9 @@ int awt_parseColorModel (JNIEnv *env, jobject jcmodel, int imageType,
     cmP->csType = (*env)->GetIntField(env, cmP->jcmodel, g_CMcsTypeID);
 
     cmP->cmType = getColorModelType(env, jcmodel);
-    JNU_CHECK_EXCEPTION_RETURN(env, -1);
+    if ((*env)->ExceptionCheck(env)) {
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
 
     cmP->isDefaultCM = FALSE;
     cmP->isDefaultCompatCM = FALSE;
@@ -530,14 +532,21 @@ int awt_parseColorModel (JNIEnv *env, jobject jcmodel, int imageType,
         if (s_jdefCM == NULL) {
             jobject defCM;
             jclass jcm = (*env)->FindClass(env, "java/awt/image/ColorModel");
-            CHECK_NULL_RETURN(jcm, -1);
+            if (jcm == NULL) {
+                goto cleanup;
+            }
             defCM = (*env)->CallStaticObjectMethod(env, jcm,
                                                    g_CMgetRGBdefaultMID, NULL);
+            if ((*env)->ExceptionCheck(env)) {
+                (*env)->ExceptionClear(env);
+                JNU_ThrowNullPointerException(env, "Unable to find default CM");
+                goto cleanup;
+            }
             s_jdefCM = (*env)->NewGlobalRef(env, defCM);
             if (defCM == NULL || s_jdefCM == NULL) {
                 (*env)->ExceptionClear(env);
                 JNU_ThrowNullPointerException(env, "Unable to find default CM");
-                return -1;
+                goto cleanup;
             }
         }
         cmP->isDefaultCM = ((*env)->IsSameObject(env, s_jdefCM, jcmodel));
@@ -549,12 +558,12 @@ int awt_parseColorModel (JNIEnv *env, jobject jcmodel, int imageType,
         if (cmP->csType != java_awt_color_ColorSpace_TYPE_RGB ||
             !cmP->is_sRGB)
         {
-            return -1;
+            goto cleanup;
         }
 
         for (i = 0; i < cmP->numComponents; i++) {
             if (cmP->nBits[i] != 8) {
-                return -1;
+                goto cleanup;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -572,7 +581,7 @@ int awt_parseColorModel (JNIEnv *env, jobject jcmodel, int imageType,
                                                                  cmP->jrgb,
                                                                  NULL);
             if (rgb == NULL) {
-                return -1;
+                goto cleanup;
             }
             for (i=0; i < cmP->mapSize; i++) {
                 if ((rgb[i]&0xff000000) == 0) {
@@ -590,6 +599,10 @@ int awt_parseColorModel (JNIEnv *env, jobject jcmodel, int imageType,
     }
 
     return 1;
+
+cleanup:
+    free(cmP->nBits);
+    return -1;
 }
 
 void awt_freeParsedRaster(RasterS_t *rasterP, int freeRasterP) {