diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 6e72f374ffd..5bd0450dac0 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-08-12  Graydon Hoare  <graydon@redhat.com>
+
+	* java/awt/Color.java (getAlpha): 
+	Prevent sign-extended alpha values.
+
 2003-08-12  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	* gij.cc (main): Handle -? and -X.
diff --git a/libjava/java/awt/Color.java b/libjava/java/awt/Color.java
index 761b738e448..e6eb03e8f0a 100644
--- a/libjava/java/awt/Color.java
+++ b/libjava/java/awt/Color.java
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ public class Color implements Paint, Serializable
   public int getAlpha()
   {
     // Do not inline getRGB() to value, because of SystemColor.
-    return (getRGB() & ALPHA_MASK) >> 24;
+    return (getRGB() & ALPHA_MASK) >>> 24;
   }
 
   /**