diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/TrailingCommentCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/TrailingCommentCheck.java
index 835a2c871..d7659779d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/TrailingCommentCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/TrailingCommentCheck.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public class TrailingCommentCheck extends AbstractFormatCheck {
             }
             if (!blankLinePattern.matcher(lineBefore).find()
                 && !isLegalComment(comment)) {
-                log(lineNo.intValue(), MSG_KEY);
+                log(lineNo, MSG_KEY);
             }
         }
     }