diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/net/www/http/KeepAliveStream.java b/src/share/classes/sun/net/www/http/KeepAliveStream.java
index 2f2016b363c1ba6d7859653d8a3d4ffbbecf60ad..9155c4ae8c5cf8419cc4e1663c7c5ce0e208ebb5 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/net/www/http/KeepAliveStream.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/net/www/http/KeepAliveStream.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class KeepAliveStream extends MeteredStream implements Hurryable {
             if (expected > count) {
                 long nskip = expected - count;
                 if (nskip <= available()) {
-                    do {} while ((nskip = (long) (expected - count)) > 0L
+                    do {} while ((nskip = (expected - count)) > 0L
                                  && skip(Math.min(nskip, available())) > 0L);
                 } else if (expected <= KeepAliveStreamCleaner.MAX_DATA_REMAINING && !hurried) {
                     //put this KeepAliveStream on the queue so that the data remaining