diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Commit.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Commit.java
index be4818aa5..eeffb08e9 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Commit.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Commit.java
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ public void setMessage(final String m) {
 	public void commit() throws IOException {
 		if (getCommitId() != null)
 			throw new IllegalStateException(MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().commitAlreadyExists, getCommitId()));
-		ObjectInserter odi = objdb.getObjectDatabase().newInserter();
+		ObjectInserter odi = objdb.newObjectInserter();
 		try {
 			ObjectId id = odi.insert(Constants.OBJ_COMMIT, odi.format(this));
 			odi.flush();