diff --git a/bind/genclasses.go b/bind/genclasses.go
index 0de3f23..30f375d 100644
--- a/bind/genclasses.go
+++ b/bind/genclasses.go
@@ -573,9 +573,11 @@ func (g *ClassGen) genRefRead(to, from string, intfName, proxyName string, hasPr
 	g.Printf("if %s_ref != nil {\n", to)
 	g.Printf("	if %s < 0 { // go object\n", from)
 	g.Printf("		%s = %s_ref.Get().(%s)\n", to, to, intfName)
+	g.Printf("	} else { // foreign object\n")
 	if hasProxy {
-		g.Printf("	} else { // foreign object\n")
 		g.Printf("		%s = (*%s)(%s_ref)\n", to, proxyName, to)
+	} else {
+		g.Printf("		%s = %s_ref\n", to, to)
 	}
 	g.Printf("	}\n")
 	g.Printf("}\n")
diff --git a/bind/java/ClassesTest.java b/bind/java/ClassesTest.java
index 6193307..720fc75 100644
--- a/bind/java/ClassesTest.java
+++ b/bind/java/ClassesTest.java
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ public class ClassesTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
 		assertEquals("IOException message", Javapkg.IOExceptionMessage, exc.getMessage());
 	}
 
+	public void testUnknownType() {
+		GoObject o = new GoObject();
+		o.toString(); // Set this
+		assertTrue("GoObject.getClass not null", o.checkClass());
+	}
+
 	public void testInnerClass() {
 		Character.Subset s = new Character.Subset(""){};
 		Character.Subset s2 = new GoSubset("");
diff --git a/bind/testpkg/javapkg/classes.go b/bind/testpkg/javapkg/classes.go
index 865c0ab..834dce7 100644
--- a/bind/testpkg/javapkg/classes.go
+++ b/bind/testpkg/javapkg/classes.go
@@ -77,12 +77,22 @@ func (_ *GoFuture) IsDone() bool {
 
 type GoObject struct {
 	lang.Object
+	this lang.Object
 }
 
-func (_ *GoObject) ToString(this lang.Object) string {
+func (o *GoObject) ToString(this lang.Object) string {
+	o.this = this
 	return ToStringPrefix + this.Super().ToString()
 }
 
+func (r *GoObject) CheckClass() bool {
+	// Verify that GetClass returns interface{} because java.lang.Class
+	// is unreferenced.
+	var f func() interface{} = r.this.GetClass
+	// But it should return a value
+	return f() != nil
+}
+
 func (_ *GoObject) HashCode() int32 {
 	return 42
 }