diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsBlockCache.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsBlockCache.java
index a8d797dff..748a4a38e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsBlockCache.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsBlockCache.java
@@ -556,5 +556,9 @@ public final class DfsBlockCache {
 				hot = true;
 			return v;
 		}
+
+		boolean has() {
+			return value != null;
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackFile.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackFile.java
index 1c588d2c4..7c4776ea0 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackFile.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackFile.java
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public final class DfsPackFile {
 	 */
 	public boolean isIndexLoaded() {
 		DfsBlockCache.Ref<PackIndex> idxref = index;
-		return idxref != null && idxref.get() != null;
+		return idxref != null && idxref.has();
 	}
 
 	/** @return bytes cached in memory for this pack, excluding the index. */