diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RewriteGenerator.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RewriteGenerator.java
index a928c2e79..4565a4b5d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RewriteGenerator.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RewriteGenerator.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ int outputType() {
 		return source.outputType() & ~NEEDS_REWRITE;
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
 	@Override
 	RevCommit next() throws MissingObjectException,
 			IncorrectObjectTypeException, IOException {