diff --git a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/postoffice/impl/BindingsImpl.java b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/postoffice/impl/BindingsImpl.java
index 54266e15fe..5c13c6cf68 100644
--- a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/postoffice/impl/BindingsImpl.java
+++ b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/postoffice/impl/BindingsImpl.java
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ public final class BindingsImpl implements Bindings {
       /* This is a special treatment for scaled-down messages involving SnF queues.
        * See org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.impl.ScaleDownHandler.scaleDownMessages() for the logic that sends messages with this property
        */
-      byte[] ids = (byte[]) message.removeExtraBytesProperty(Message.HDR_SCALEDOWN_TO_IDS);
+      byte[] ids = message.removeExtraBytesProperty(Message.HDR_SCALEDOWN_TO_IDS);
 
       if (ids != null) {
          ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(ids);