diff --git a/caliper/src/test/java/com/google/caliper/runner/target/LocalDeviceTest.java b/caliper/src/test/java/com/google/caliper/runner/target/LocalDeviceTest.java
index c2877559..4bc56816 100644
--- a/caliper/src/test/java/com/google/caliper/runner/target/LocalDeviceTest.java
+++ b/caliper/src/test/java/com/google/caliper/runner/target/LocalDeviceTest.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static final class TestBenchmark {
     long thing(long reps) {
       long dummy = 0;
       for (long i = 0; i < reps; i++) {
-        dummy += new Long(dummy).hashCode();
+        dummy += Long.hashCode(dummy);
       }
       return dummy;
     }