--- jsr166/src/main/java/util/Random.java	2008/05/18 23:59:57	1.22
+++ jsr166/src/main/java/util/Random.java	2008/05/19 00:27:06	1.23
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ class Random implements java.io.Serializ
 
         // The seed is read in as {@code long} for
         // historical reasons, but it is converted to an AtomicLong.
-        long seedVal = (long) fields.get("seed", -1L);
+        long seedVal = fields.get("seed", -1L);
         if (seedVal < 0)
           throw new java.io.StreamCorruptedException(
                               "Random: invalid seed");