diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index e905c65ab..94814c501 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
         <release>8</release>
         <testExcludes>
           <testExclude>MyGame/Example/MonsterStorageGrpc.java</testExclude>
-          <testExclude>MyGame/Example/StructOfStructs**</testExclude>
           <testExclude>MyGame/OtherNameSpace/TableBT.java</testExclude>
         </testExcludes>
       </configuration>
diff --git a/src/idl_gen_java.cpp b/src/idl_gen_java.cpp
index f5a04d3af..a6dab5956 100644
--- a/src/idl_gen_java.cpp
+++ b/src/idl_gen_java.cpp
@@ -1893,6 +1893,7 @@ class JavaGenerator : public BaseGenerator {
           }
         } else {
           code += " " + name + " = ";
+          code += SourceCast(field_type);
           code += "_o";
           for (size_t i = 0; i < array_lengths.size(); ++i) {
             code += "." + namer_.Method("get", array_lengths[i].name) + "()";
diff --git a/tests/MyGame/Example/StructOfStructs.java b/tests/MyGame/Example/StructOfStructs.java
index 424a8a282..32c6e1f46 100644
--- a/tests/MyGame/Example/StructOfStructs.java
+++ b/tests/MyGame/Example/StructOfStructs.java
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ public final class StructOfStructs extends Struct {
   }
   public static int pack(FlatBufferBuilder builder, StructOfStructsT _o) {
     if (_o == null) return 0;
-    int _a_id = _o.getA().getId();
-    int _a_distance = _o.getA().getDistance();
+    int _a_id = (int) _o.getA().getId();
+    int _a_distance = (int) _o.getA().getDistance();
     short _b_a = _o.getB().getA();
     byte _b_b = _o.getB().getB();
-    int _c_id = _o.getC().getId();
-    int _c_distance = _o.getC().getDistance();
+    int _c_id = (int) _o.getC().getId();
+    int _c_distance = (int) _o.getC().getDistance();
     return createStructOfStructs(
       builder,
       _a_id,
diff --git a/tests/MyGame/Example/StructOfStructsOfStructs.java b/tests/MyGame/Example/StructOfStructsOfStructs.java
index 5d5f00f02..ae1f50de9 100644
--- a/tests/MyGame/Example/StructOfStructsOfStructs.java
+++ b/tests/MyGame/Example/StructOfStructsOfStructs.java
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ public final class StructOfStructsOfStructs extends Struct {
   }
   public static int pack(FlatBufferBuilder builder, StructOfStructsOfStructsT _o) {
     if (_o == null) return 0;
-    int _a_a_id = _o.getA().getA().getId();
-    int _a_a_distance = _o.getA().getA().getDistance();
+    int _a_a_id = (int) _o.getA().getA().getId();
+    int _a_a_distance = (int) _o.getA().getA().getDistance();
     short _a_b_a = _o.getA().getB().getA();
     byte _a_b_b = _o.getA().getB().getB();
-    int _a_c_id = _o.getA().getC().getId();
-    int _a_c_distance = _o.getA().getC().getDistance();
+    int _a_c_id = (int) _o.getA().getC().getId();
+    int _a_c_distance = (int) _o.getA().getC().getDistance();
     return createStructOfStructsOfStructs(
       builder,
       _a_a_id,