diff --git a/classpath/java/lang/reflect/Field.java b/classpath/java/lang/reflect/Field.java
index 91ad0f9670..cd26c1b7f9 100644
--- a/classpath/java/lang/reflect/Field.java
+++ b/classpath/java/lang/reflect/Field.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class Field<T> extends AccessibleObject {
 
     case LongField:
       return Long.valueOf
-        ((int) getPrimitive(target, vmField.code, vmField.offset));
+        (getPrimitive(target, vmField.code, vmField.offset));
 
     case FloatField:
       return Float.valueOf