diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/errors/StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/errors/StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException.java
index ab9ea1d7f..8fa14c7d3 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/errors/StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/errors/StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException.java
@@ -56,8 +56,12 @@ public class StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException extends Exception {
 	 *
 	 * @param otp
 	 *            the object whose current representation is no longer present.
+	 * @deprecated use
+	 *             {@link #StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException(ObjectToPack, Throwable)}
+	 *             instead.
 	 * @since 3.0
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException(ObjectToPack otp) {
 		// Do nothing.
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackFile.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackFile.java
index 54b0cb554..4886ed714 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackFile.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackFile.java
@@ -660,16 +660,12 @@ void copyAsIs(PackOutputStream out, DfsObjectToPack src,
 							Long.valueOf(src.offset), getFileName()));
 			corruptObject.initCause(dataFormat);
 
-			StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException gone;
-			gone = new StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException(src);
-			gone.initCause(corruptObject);
-			throw gone;
+			throw new StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException(src,
+					corruptObject);
 
 		} catch (IOException ioError) {
-			StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException gone;
-			gone = new StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException(src);
-			gone.initCause(ioError);
-			throw gone;
+			throw new StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException(src,
+					ioError);
 		}
 
 		if (quickCopy != null) {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackFile.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackFile.java
index febbb9602..6fbb0df62 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackFile.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackFile.java
@@ -518,16 +518,12 @@ private void copyAsIs2(PackOutputStream out, LocalObjectToPack src,
 							Long.valueOf(src.offset), getPackFile()));
 			corruptObject.initCause(dataFormat);
 
-			StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException gone;
-			gone = new StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException(src);
-			gone.initCause(corruptObject);
-			throw gone;
+			throw new StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException(src,
+					corruptObject);
 
 		} catch (IOException ioError) {
-			StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException gone;
-			gone = new StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException(src);
-			gone.initCause(ioError);
-			throw gone;
+			throw new StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException(src,
+					ioError);
 		}
 
 		if (quickCopy != null) {
@@ -612,11 +608,8 @@ private synchronized void beginCopyAsIs(ObjectToPack otp)
 			try {
 				doOpen();
 			} catch (IOException thisPackNotValid) {
-				StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException gone;
-
-				gone = new StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException(otp);
-				gone.initCause(thisPackNotValid);
-				throw gone;
+				throw new StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException(otp,
+						thisPackNotValid);
 			}
 		}
 	}