diff --git a/.hgtags b/.hgtags
index 65cd937af60582be0a847741617b9fc93ae113a1..8b7bf8326e651a441ab8db39bcbbc8e2e3bf6dc3 100644
--- a/.hgtags
+++ b/.hgtags
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ f07bc5dab84c67f5d1dccbab318ee1c5485c852d jdk8u25-b16
 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 jdk8u25-b16
 d067890f970f3a712f870f6311d20f3359b6eaf0 jdk8u25-b16
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+a4e88eaf15ea0569f3275a807a976fe0e04a086c jdk8u25-b18
 f935349e2c065487c745bc41f81ddc7869bd2d2d jdk8u31-b00
 caebf6158e9d522df41a2c89a1602e5013bac401 jdk8u31-b01
 b1cef4d76664564732004cf3aedb0cbaa1972683 jdk8u31-b02
diff --git a/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp b/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
index 5ab74c7e858b42561b48daf0814d6c092f359457..a966e675d1bbe6b2b8db662aac45989273cc3081 100644
--- a/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
+++ b/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
@@ -3965,7 +3965,6 @@ void AwtComponent::SendInputMethodEvent(jint id, jstring text,
         DASSERT(stringCls);
         CHECK_NULL(stringCls);
         clauseReading = env->NewObjectArray(cClause, stringCls, NULL);
-        env->DeleteLocalRef(stringCls);
         DASSERT(clauseReading);
         CHECK_NULL(clauseReading);
         for (int i=0; i<cClause; i++)   env->SetObjectArrayElement(clauseReading, i, rgClauseReading[i]);