diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/StreamingHistogram.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/StreamingHistogram.java
index 7ea97e5436..a50045024f 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/StreamingHistogram.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/StreamingHistogram.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class StreamingHistogram
             if (o1.getClass().equals(o2.getClass()))
                 return ((Comparable)o1).compareTo(o2);
             else
-                return ((Double)o1.doubleValue()).compareTo(o2.doubleValue());
+            	return Double.compare(o1.doubleValue(), o2.doubleValue());
         });
     }