diff --git a/icu4j/main/classes/collate/src/com/ibm/icu/text/Collator.java b/icu4j/main/classes/collate/src/com/ibm/icu/text/Collator.java
index 71400c8ec32..b0c1fcf8c54 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/classes/collate/src/com/ibm/icu/text/Collator.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/classes/collate/src/com/ibm/icu/text/Collator.java
@@ -567,9 +567,8 @@ public abstract class Collator implements Comparator<Object>, Cloneable
     public static Locale[] getAvailableLocales() {
         // TODO make this wrap getAvailableULocales later
         if (shim == null) {
-            ClassLoader cl = Collator.class.getClassLoader();
             return ICUResourceBundle.getAvailableLocales(
-                ICUResourceBundle.ICU_COLLATION_BASE_NAME, cl);
+                ICUResourceBundle.ICU_COLLATION_BASE_NAME, ICUResourceBundle.ICU_DATA_CLASS_LOADER);
         }
         return shim.getAvailableLocales();
     }
@@ -584,9 +583,8 @@ public abstract class Collator implements Comparator<Object>, Cloneable
      */
     public static final ULocale[] getAvailableULocales() {
         if (shim == null) {
-            ClassLoader cl = Collator.class.getClassLoader();
             return ICUResourceBundle.getAvailableULocales(
-                ICUResourceBundle.ICU_COLLATION_BASE_NAME, cl);
+                ICUResourceBundle.ICU_COLLATION_BASE_NAME, ICUResourceBundle.ICU_DATA_CLASS_LOADER);
         }
         return shim.getAvailableULocales();
     }
@@ -724,8 +722,7 @@ public abstract class Collator implements Comparator<Object>, Cloneable
     public static final ULocale getFunctionalEquivalent(String keyword,
                                                         ULocale locID,
                                                         boolean isAvailable[]) {
-        ClassLoader cl = Collator.class.getClassLoader();
-        return ICUResourceBundle.getFunctionalEquivalent(BASE, cl, RESOURCE,
+        return ICUResourceBundle.getFunctionalEquivalent(BASE, ICUResourceBundle.ICU_DATA_CLASS_LOADER, RESOURCE,
                                                          keyword, locID, isAvailable, true);
     }
 
diff --git a/icu4j/main/classes/collate/src/com/ibm/icu/text/CollatorServiceShim.java b/icu4j/main/classes/collate/src/com/ibm/icu/text/CollatorServiceShim.java
index 1eb33743781..ab1a7f4a590 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/classes/collate/src/com/ibm/icu/text/CollatorServiceShim.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/classes/collate/src/com/ibm/icu/text/CollatorServiceShim.java
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ final class CollatorServiceShim extends Collator.ServiceShim {
         // TODO rewrite this to just wrap getAvailableULocales later
         Locale[] result;
         if (service.isDefault()) {
-            ClassLoader cl = getClass().getClassLoader();
-            result = ICUResourceBundle.getAvailableLocales(ICUResourceBundle.ICU_COLLATION_BASE_NAME, cl);
+            result = ICUResourceBundle.getAvailableLocales(ICUResourceBundle.ICU_COLLATION_BASE_NAME,
+                    ICUResourceBundle.ICU_DATA_CLASS_LOADER);
         } else {
             result = service.getAvailableLocales();
         }
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ final class CollatorServiceShim extends Collator.ServiceShim {
     ULocale[] getAvailableULocales() {
         ULocale[] result;
         if (service.isDefault()) {
-            ClassLoader cl = getClass().getClassLoader();
-            result = ICUResourceBundle.getAvailableULocales(ICUResourceBundle.ICU_COLLATION_BASE_NAME, cl);
+            result = ICUResourceBundle.getAvailableULocales(ICUResourceBundle.ICU_COLLATION_BASE_NAME,
+                    ICUResourceBundle.ICU_DATA_CLASS_LOADER);
         } else {
             result = service.getAvailableULocales();
         }