diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/FileTreeIteratorTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/FileTreeIteratorTest.java
index ab4579009..b3dc267b9 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/FileTreeIteratorTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/FileTreeIteratorTest.java
@@ -291,13 +291,13 @@ public class FileTreeIteratorTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		// Modify previously committed DirCacheEntry and write it back to disk
 		DirCacheEntry dce = db.readDirCache().getEntry("symlink");
 		dce.setFileMode(FileMode.SYMLINK);
-		DirCacheCheckout.checkoutEntry(db, f, dce);
+		ObjectReader objectReader = db.newObjectReader();
+		DirCacheCheckout.checkoutEntry(db, f, dce, objectReader);
 
 		FileTreeIterator fti = new FileTreeIterator(trash, db.getFS(), db
 				.getConfig().get(WorkingTreeOptions.KEY));
 		while (!fti.getEntryPathString().equals("symlink"))
 			fti.next(1);
-		ObjectReader objectReader = db.newObjectReader();
 		assertFalse(fti.isModified(dce, false, objectReader));
 		objectReader.release();
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheCheckout.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheCheckout.java
index 9f340c119..a9b36b0fb 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheCheckout.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheCheckout.java
@@ -1163,7 +1163,9 @@ public class DirCacheCheckout {
 	 * @param entry
 	 *            the entry containing new mode and content
 	 * @throws IOException
+	 * @deprecated Use the overloaded form that accepts {@link ObjectReader}.
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public static void checkoutEntry(final Repository repository, File f,
 			DirCacheEntry entry) throws IOException {
 		ObjectReader or = repository.newObjectReader();