diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/generatedproperty/GeneratedCounterInteger.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/generatedproperty/GeneratedCounterInteger.java
index 188c38b18..9328bbb1f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/generatedproperty/GeneratedCounterInteger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/generatedproperty/GeneratedCounterInteger.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class GeneratedCounterInteger implements GeneratedProperty {
      */
     public Object getUpdateValue(BeanProperty prop, EntityBean bean) {
         Integer i = (Integer) prop.getValue(bean);
-        return i.intValue() + 1;
+        return i + 1;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/generatedproperty/GeneratedCounterLong.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/generatedproperty/GeneratedCounterLong.java
index 105dfc0d5..40a53f92c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/generatedproperty/GeneratedCounterLong.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/generatedproperty/GeneratedCounterLong.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class GeneratedCounterLong implements GeneratedProperty {
      */
     public Object getUpdateValue(BeanProperty prop, EntityBean bean) {
         Long i = (Long) prop.getValue(bean);
-        return i.longValue() + 1;
+        return i + 1;
     }
 
     /**