diff --git a/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/haplotypecaller/LikelihoodCalculationEngine.java b/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/haplotypecaller/LikelihoodCalculationEngine.java
index 60abc6a68..3cdad37ea 100644
--- a/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/haplotypecaller/LikelihoodCalculationEngine.java
+++ b/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/haplotypecaller/LikelihoodCalculationEngine.java
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class LikelihoodCalculationEngine {
 
     private PerReadAlleleLikelihoodMap computeReadLikelihoods( final List<Haplotype> haplotypes, final List<GATKSAMRecord> reads) {
         // first, a little set up to get copies of the Haplotypes that are Alleles (more efficient than creating them each time)
-	final BatchPairHMM batchPairHMM = (pairHMM instanceof BatchPairHMM) ? (BatchPairHMM)pairHMM : null;
+	final BatchPairHMM batchPairHMM = (pairHMM.get() instanceof BatchPairHMM) ? (BatchPairHMM)pairHMM.get() : null;
 	final Vector<GATKSAMRecord> batchedReads = new Vector<GATKSAMRecord>(reads.size());
         final int numHaplotypes = haplotypes.size();
         final Map<Haplotype, Allele> alleleVersions = new LinkedHashMap<>(numHaplotypes);
@@ -456,4 +456,4 @@ public class LikelihoodCalculationEngine {
         }
         throw new ReviewedStingException( "No reference haplotype found in the list of haplotypes!" );
     }
-}
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+}