diff --git a/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/io/BinaryDecoder.java b/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/io/BinaryDecoder.java
index 3fa675d793a..95030c4a60a 100644
--- a/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/io/BinaryDecoder.java
+++ b/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/io/BinaryDecoder.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import java.io.EOFException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.nio.Buffer;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
@@ -309,12 +308,12 @@ public ByteBuffer readBytes(ByteBuffer old) throws IOException {
     final ByteBuffer result;
     if (old != null && length <= old.capacity()) {
       result = old;
-      ((Buffer) result).clear();
+      result.clear();
     } else {
-      result = ByteBuffer.allocate((int) length);
+      result = ByteBuffer.allocate(length);
     }
-    doReadBytes(result.array(), result.position(), (int) length);
-    ((Buffer) result).limit((int) length);
+    doReadBytes(result.array(), result.position(), length);
+    result.limit(length);
     return result;
   }