diff --git a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/SSLSocketFactory.java b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/SSLSocketFactory.java
index 9c77b90ca..301cffba8 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/SSLSocketFactory.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/SSLSocketFactory.java
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ private SSLSocketFactory() {
     /**
      * @since 4.1
      */
+    @SuppressWarnings("cast")
     public Socket createSocket(final HttpParams params) throws IOException {
         // the cast makes sure that the factory is working as expected
         return (SSLSocket) this.socketfactory.createSocket();