diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/tokenattributes/TypeAttributeImpl.java b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/tokenattributes/TypeAttributeImpl.java
index 95d754994b4..d0d3540b6df 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/tokenattributes/TypeAttributeImpl.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/tokenattributes/TypeAttributeImpl.java
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@ public class TypeAttributeImpl extends AttributeImpl implements TypeAttribute, C
   
   public void copyTo(AttributeImpl target) {
     TypeAttribute t = (TypeAttribute) target;
-    t.setType(new String(type));
+    t.setType(type);
   }
 }