diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/java/java.swg b/SWIG/Lib/java/java.swg
index c8161d225..4cb16a8ec 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/java/java.swg
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/java/java.swg
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@
      SWIG_JavaThrowException(jenv, SWIG_JavaNullPointerException, "Unexpected null return for type $1_type");
      return $null;
    }
-   $1 = ($1_ltype)$input; %}
+   $1 = *($&1_ltype)&$input; %}
 %typemap(directorin,descriptor="L$packagepath/$javaclassname;") SWIGTYPE &
 %{ *($&1_ltype)&$input = ($1_ltype) &$1; %}