--- a/src/share/classes/java/awt/Container.java	Mon Aug 08 20:16:53 2016 +0300
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/awt/Container.java	Mon Aug 15 14:13:26 2016 +0300
@@ -1089,17 +1089,18 @@
             }
             checkAddToSelf(comp);
             checkNotAWindow(comp);
+            /* Reparent the component and tidy up the tree's state. */
+            if (comp.parent != null) {
+                comp.parent.remove(comp);
+                if (index > component.size()) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("illegal component position");
+                }
+            }
             if (thisGC != null) {
                 comp.checkGD(thisGC.getDevice().getIDstring());
             }
 
-            /* Reparent the component and tidy up the tree's state. */
-            if (comp.parent != null) {
-                comp.parent.remove(comp);
-                    if (index > component.size()) {
-                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("illegal component position");
-                    }
-            }
+
 
             //index == -1 means add to the end.
             if (index == -1) {

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/java/awt/Container/MoveToOtherScreenTest/MoveToOtherScreenTest.java	Mon Aug 15 14:13:26 2016 +0300
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+import javax.swing.JFrame;
+import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
+import java.awt.Canvas;
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Dimension;
+import java.awt.Frame;
+import java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration;
+import java.awt.GraphicsDevice;
+import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+
+
+
+/* @test
+   @bug 8160696
+   @summary IllegalArgumentException: adding a component to a container on a different GraphicsDevice
+   @author Mikhail Cherkasov
+   @run main MoveToOtherScreenTest
+   @key headful
+*/
+public class MoveToOtherScreenTest {
+
+    private static volatile boolean twoDisplays = true;
+    private static final Canvas canvas = new Canvas();
+    private static final Frame[] frms = new JFrame[2];
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException, InvocationTargetException {
+        SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
+            public void run() {
+                GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.
+                        getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
+                GraphicsDevice[] gds = ge.getScreenDevices();
+                if (gds.length < 2) {
+                    System.out.println("Test requires at least 2 displays");
+                    twoDisplays = false;
+                    return;
+                }
+                for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+                    GraphicsConfiguration conf = gds[i].getConfigurations()[0];
+                    JFrame frm = new JFrame("Frame " + i);
+                    frm.setLocation(conf.getBounds().x, 0); // On first screen
+                    frm.setSize(new Dimension(400, 400));
+                    frm.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
+                    frm.setVisible(true);
+                    frms[i] = frm;
+                }
+                canvas.setBackground(Color.red);
+                frms[0].add(canvas);
+            }
+        });
+        if(!twoDisplays){
+           return;
+        }
+        Thread.sleep(200);
+        SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                frms[1].add(canvas);
+            }
+        });
+        for (Frame frm : frms) {
+            frm.dispose();
+        }
+    }
+}