diff --git a/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/SSLSocketFactory.java b/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/SSLSocketFactory.java
index 48ac9848c..5f90185e9 100644
--- a/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/SSLSocketFactory.java
+++ b/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/SSLSocketFactory.java
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ public class SSLSocketFactory implements LayeredSocketFactory {
 
 
     // non-javadoc, see interface org.apache.http.conn.SocketFactory
+    @SuppressWarnings("cast")
     public Socket createSocket()
         throws IOException {