diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Properties.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Properties.java
index 5531cda02bd..ba224f21570 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Properties.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Properties.java
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ public synchronized Object computeIfAbsent(Object key,
 
     @Override
     public synchronized @Nullable Object compute(Object key,
-            BiFunction<? super Object, ? super Object, ?> remappingFunction) {
+            BiFunction<? super Object, ? super @Nullable Object, ?> remappingFunction) {
         return map.compute(key, remappingFunction);
     }