diff --git a/test/jdk/com/sun/management/OperatingSystemMXBean/GetProcessCpuLoad.java b/test/jdk/com/sun/management/OperatingSystemMXBean/GetProcessCpuLoad.java
index 3ee847b28b1..db40d018d83 100644
--- a/test/jdk/com/sun/management/OperatingSystemMXBean/GetProcessCpuLoad.java
+++ b/test/jdk/com/sun/management/OperatingSystemMXBean/GetProcessCpuLoad.java
@@ -34,18 +34,21 @@ import java.lang.management.*;
 import jdk.test.lib.Platform;
 
 public class GetProcessCpuLoad {
+
+    private static final int TEST_COUNT = 10;
+
     public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
         OperatingSystemMXBean mbean = (com.sun.management.OperatingSystemMXBean)
             ManagementFactory.getOperatingSystemMXBean();
 
         Exception ex = null;
-        double load;
+        int good = 0;
 
-        for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-            load = mbean.getProcessCpuLoad();
+        for (int i = 0; i < TEST_COUNT; i++) {
+            double load = mbean.getProcessCpuLoad();
             if (load == -1.0 && Platform.isWindows()) {
-                // Some Windows 2019 systems can return -1 for the first few reads.
-                // Remember a -1 in case it never gets better.
+                // Some Windows systems can return -1 occasionally, at any time.
+                // Will fail if we never see good values.
                 ex = new RuntimeException("getProcessCpuLoad() returns " + load
                      + " which is not in the [0.0,1.0] interval");
             } else if (load < 0.0 || load > 1.0) {
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ public class GetProcessCpuLoad {
             } else {
                 // A good reading: forget any previous -1.
                 ex = null;
+                good++;
             }
             try {
                 Thread.sleep(200);
@@ -62,7 +66,8 @@ public class GetProcessCpuLoad {
             }
         }
 
-        if (ex != null) {
+        if (good == 0) {
+            // Delayed failure for Windows.
             throw ex;
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/jdk/com/sun/management/OperatingSystemMXBean/TEST.properties b/test/jdk/com/sun/management/OperatingSystemMXBean/TEST.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ddb06fbbcb..00000000000
--- a/test/jdk/com/sun/management/OperatingSystemMXBean/TEST.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
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