diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/java/java.swg b/SWIG/Lib/java/java.swg
index 8836e1450..74ed4a72a 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/java/java.swg
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/java/java.swg
@@ -348,8 +348,7 @@ $1 = &temp; %}
    $1 = *argp; %}
 %typemap(out) SWIGTYPE 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
-%{$&1_ltype $1ptr = new $1_ltype(($1_ltype &)$1);
-  *($&1_ltype*)&$result = $1ptr; %}
+%{*($&1_ltype*)&$result = new $1_ltype(($1_ltype &)$1); %}
 #else
 {
   $&1_ltype $1ptr = ($&1_ltype) malloc(sizeof($1_ltype));