diff -r a437b3f9d7f4 -r 6fe31bc95bbc jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/Random.java
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/Random.java	Mon Mar 10 14:32:51 2008 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/Random.java	Mon Mar 10 15:07:09 2008 -0700
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
 
         // 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");