diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/AnnotationConfigUtils.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/AnnotationConfigUtils.java
index 4b296177b99f..d184aa9b0057 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/AnnotationConfigUtils.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/AnnotationConfigUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static void processCommonDefinitionAnnotations(AnnotatedBeanDefinition abd) {
 		}
 		if (abd instanceof AbstractBeanDefinition) {
 			if (metadata.isAnnotated(Role.class.getName())) {
-				int role = attributesFor(metadata, Role.class).getNumber("value");
+				Integer role = attributesFor(metadata, Role.class).getNumber("value");
 				((AbstractBeanDefinition)abd).setRole(role);
 			}
 		}