1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/linguistics/src/main/java/com/yahoo/language/process/GramSplitter.java b/linguistics/src/main/java/com/yahoo/language/process/GramSplitter.java
index 9178c2d7e09..33f5ee7e4bb 100644
--- a/linguistics/src/main/java/com/yahoo/language/process/GramSplitter.java
+++ b/linguistics/src/main/java/com/yahoo/language/process/GramSplitter.java
@@ -189,8 +189,9 @@ public class GramSplitter {
         @Override
         public boolean equals(Object o) {
             if (this == o) return true;
-            if ( ! (o instanceof Gram gram)) return false;
+            if ( ! (o instanceof Gram)) return false;
 
+            Gram gram = (Gram)o;
             if (codePointCount != gram.codePointCount) return false;
             if (start != gram.start) return false;
             return true;