diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/Reducer.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/Reducer.java
index bc7ad976f3..efb0950715 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/Reducer.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/Reducer.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.RawComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.RawKeyValueIterator;
 
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
 /** 
  * Reduces a set of intermediate values which share a key to a smaller set of
  * values.  
@@ -162,14 +164,15 @@ protected void cleanup(Context context
    * {@link #run(org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Reducer.Context)} method to
    * control how the reduce task works.
    */
-  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public void run(Context context) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     setup(context);
     while (context.nextKey()) {
       reduce(context.getCurrentKey(), context.getValues(), context);
       // If a back up store is used, reset it
-      ((ReduceContext.ValueIterator)
-          (context.getValues().iterator())).resetBackupStore();
+      Iterator<VALUEIN> iter = context.getValues().iterator();
+      if(iter instanceof ReduceContext.ValueIterator) {
+        ((ReduceContext.ValueIterator<VALUEIN>)iter).resetBackupStore();        
+      }
     }
     cleanup(context);
   }