diff -r 8f2a5ad385b2 javafx-ui-controls/src/javafx/scene/control/TreeUtil.java
--- a/javafx-ui-controls/src/javafx/scene/control/TreeUtil.java	Wed Dec 12 15:49:38 2012 +0100
+++ b/javafx-ui-controls/src/javafx/scene/control/TreeUtil.java	Wed Dec 12 10:21:02 2012 -0800
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    static <T> TreeItem getItem(TreeItem<T> parent, int itemIndex, boolean treeItemCountDirty) {
+    static <T> TreeItem<T> getItem(TreeItem<T> parent, int itemIndex, boolean treeItemCountDirty) {
         if (parent == null) return null;
 
         // if itemIndex is 0 then our parent is what we were looking for