diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/spark/api/java/JavaRDDLike.scala b/core/src/main/scala/spark/api/java/JavaRDDLike.scala
index d3a4b62553c7f9611b594c4ee880407741347900..9e52c224dd796cf047fb3f10b6b000f19399a767 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/spark/api/java/JavaRDDLike.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/spark/api/java/JavaRDDLike.scala
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ trait JavaRDDLike[T, This <: JavaRDDLike[T, This]] extends PairFlatMapWorkaround
   /**
    * Return a new RDD that is reduced into `numSplits` partitions.
    */
-  def coalesce(numSplits: Int): RDD[T] = rdd.coalesce(numSplits)
+  def coalesce(numSplits: Int): JavaRDD[T] = rdd.coalesce(numSplits)
 
   /**
    * Return an RDD of grouped elements. Each group consists of a key and a sequence of elements