1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFFont.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFFont.java
index 73b402facd..aed0c513fd 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFFont.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFFont.java
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ public final class HSSFFont implements Font {
     {
         byte charset = font.getCharset();
         if(charset >= 0) {
-           return (int)charset;
+           return charset;
         } else {
            return charset + 256;
         }