diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/util/Unsafe.java b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/util/Unsafe.java
index 82bc459205..e545d1b2af 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/util/Unsafe.java
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/util/Unsafe.java
@@ -1,13 +1,30 @@
 /**
  * Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
  */
-
-
 package akka.util;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
 public final class Unsafe {
-    public final static sun.misc.Unsafe instance = scala.concurrent.util.Unsafe.instance;
+    public final static sun.misc.Unsafe instance;
+
+    static {
+        try {
+            sun.misc.Unsafe found = null;
+            for (Field field : sun.misc.Unsafe.class.getDeclaredFields()) {
+                if (field.getType() == sun.misc.Unsafe.class) {
+                    field.setAccessible(true);
+                    found = (sun.misc.Unsafe) field.get(null);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (found == null) throw new IllegalStateException("Can't find instance of sun.misc.Unsafe");
+            else instance = found;
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(t);
+        }
+    }
 }