diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/CharSequenceUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/CharSequenceUtils.java
index 0d9db8e76..012a16d7b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/CharSequenceUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/CharSequenceUtils.java
@@ -251,15 +251,7 @@ public class CharSequenceUtils {
      * @return the resulting char array
      */
     static char[] toCharArray(final CharSequence cs) {
-        if (cs instanceof String) {
-            return ((String) cs).toCharArray();
-        }
-        final int sz = cs.length();
-        final char[] array = new char[cs.length()];
-        for (int i = 0; i < sz; i++) {
-            array[i] = cs.charAt(i);
-        }
-        return array;
+        return cs.toString().toCharArray();
     }
 
     /**