diff --git a/.hgtags b/.hgtags
index 59a3ce5ab116e5ca81843a6e4a15aa3368746820..fd29ed8dfb555cbe9736bd19d3978725b23e36e8 100644
--- a/.hgtags
+++ b/.hgtags
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ f07bc5dab84c67f5d1dccbab318ee1c5485c852d jdk8u25-b16
 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 jdk8u25-b16
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+a4e88eaf15ea0569f3275a807a976fe0e04a086c jdk8u25-b18
 e6ed015afbbf3459ba3297e270b4f3170e989c80 jdk8u40-b00
 6e223d48080ef40f4ec11ecbcd19b4a20813b9eb jdk8u40-b01
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diff --git a/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp b/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
index 5bd7bf4e5f4427b0d6a336f8b3c4f4b2d08b57ae..3baae0f6d931baf3c566a80c8df22399500c5bc1 100644
--- a/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
+++ b/src/windows/native/sun/windows/awt_Component.cpp
@@ -3955,7 +3955,6 @@ 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]);