diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/core/linkdiscovery/NodePortTuple.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/core/linkdiscovery/NodePortTuple.java
index c586ecc..4b44446 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/core/linkdiscovery/NodePortTuple.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/core/linkdiscovery/NodePortTuple.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     }
 
     public String toString() {
-        return "[id=" + HexString.toHexString(nodeId) + ", port=" + new Short(portId) + "]";
+        return "[id=" + HexString.toHexString(nodeId) + ", port=" + portId + "]";
     }
 
     @Override