The test closed/java/awt/Robot/RobotWheelTest/RobotWheelTest fails on Linux ARMv6/7 HF platform with the following error message:

----------System.out:(21/1562)----------
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = -5, correctVal = -3 currentVale = 0
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = 6, correctVal = 3 currentVale = 6
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = -7, correctVal = -4 currentVale = 2
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = 8, correctVal = 4 currentVale = 6
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = -9, correctVal = -5 currentVale = 3
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = 10, correctVal = 5 currentVale = 10
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = -11, correctVal = -6 currentVale = 2
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = 12, correctVal = 6 currentVale = 14
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = -13, correctVal = -7 currentVale = 11
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = 14, correctVal = 7 currentVale = 19
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = -15, correctVal = -8 currentVale = 4
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = 16, correctVal = 8 currentVale = 15
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = -17, correctVal = -9 currentVale = 4
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = 18, correctVal = 9 currentVale = 19
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = -19, correctVal = -10 currentVale = 16
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = 20, correctVal = 10 currentVale = 30
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = -21, correctVal = -11 currentVale = 12
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = 22, correctVal = 11 currentVale = 28
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = -23, correctVal = -12 currentVale = 5
robot.mouseWheel() failed w/ wheelAmt = 24, correctVal = 12 currentVale = 26
testPasses = 5, NUMTESTS = 25
----------System.err:(5/343)----------
RobotWheelTest$TestFailsException: Test ran, but failed!
at RobotWheelTest.start(RobotWheelTest.java:109)
at com.sun.javatest.regtest.agent.AppletWrapper$AppletRunnable.run(AppletWrapper.java:158)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
STATUS:Failed.Applet thread threw exception: RobotWheelTest$TestFailsException: Test ran, but failed!
----------rerun:(6/1301)*----------

JDK version: 8u71 b05
OS: Ubuntu 14.04
Platform: ARMv7
Reproducibility: always

It could be a dupe of JDK-8079255. If so, then SQE will request a backport to 8u72.