diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/highlight/vectorhighlight/FragmentBuilderHelper.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/highlight/vectorhighlight/FragmentBuilderHelper.java
index 91c015f6b85..f145c313e9d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/highlight/vectorhighlight/FragmentBuilderHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/highlight/vectorhighlight/FragmentBuilderHelper.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public final class FragmentBuilderHelper {
                 public int compare(SubInfo o1, SubInfo o2) {
                     int startOffset = o1.getTermsOffsets().get(0).getStartOffset();
                     int startOffset2 = o2.getTermsOffsets().get(0).getStartOffset();
-                    return Integer.compare(startOffset, startOffset2);
+                    return FragmentBuilderHelper.compare(startOffset, startOffset2);
                 }
             });
             return new WeightedFragInfo(Math.min(fragInfo.getSubInfos().get(0).getTermsOffsets().get(0).getStartOffset(),
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ public final class FragmentBuilderHelper {
             return fragInfo;
         }
     }
+    
+    private static int compare(int x, int y) {
+        return (x < y) ? -1 : ((x == y) ? 0 : 1);
+    }
 
     private static boolean containsBrokenAnalysis(Analyzer analyzer) {
         // TODO maybe we need a getter on Namedanalyzer that tells if this uses broken Analysis