diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_java_generator.cc b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_java_generator.cc
index 946400b..db33e93 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_java_generator.cc
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_java_generator.cc
@@ -773,10 +773,6 @@
 
   f_struct << endl;
 
-  //  generate_java_struct_standard_scheme(f_struct, tstruct);
-
-  f_struct << endl;
-
   scope_down(f_struct);
 
   f_struct.close();
@@ -1028,7 +1024,7 @@
     indent_up();
     indent(out) << type_name(field->get_type(), true, false) << " " << field->get_name() 
       << " = (" <<  type_name(field->get_type(), true, false) << ")value_;" << endl;
-    generate_serialize_field(out, field, "", false);
+    generate_serialize_field(out, field, "");
     indent(out) << "return;" << endl;
     indent_down();
   }
diff --git a/lib/java/test/org/apache/thrift/TestTUnion.java b/lib/java/test/org/apache/thrift/TestTUnion.java
index b3d2968..e9d9825 100644
--- a/lib/java/test/org/apache/thrift/TestTUnion.java
+++ b/lib/java/test/org/apache/thrift/TestTUnion.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@
 
   public void testSerialization() throws Exception {
     TestUnion union = new TestUnion(TestUnion._Fields.I32_FIELD, 25);
+    union.setI32_set(Collections.singleton(42));
 
     TMemoryBuffer buf = new TMemoryBuffer(0);
     TProtocol proto = new TBinaryProtocol(buf);