diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/text/StrTokenizer.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/text/StrTokenizer.java
index 148445bc2..fc6b3709e 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/text/StrTokenizer.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/text/StrTokenizer.java
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ public Object clone() {
         try {
             StrTokenizer cloned = (StrTokenizer) super.clone();
             if (cloned.chars != null) {
-                cloned.chars = (char[]) cloned.chars;
+                cloned.chars = cloned.chars;
             }
             cloned.reset();
             return cloned;