diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ConnectionManager.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ConnectionManager.scala
index e8649dc3db..6e45a50cad 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ConnectionManager.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ConnectionManager.scala
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ trait ConnectionManager {
  */
 class LocalConnectionManager(initialConnections: Iterable[ActorRef]) extends ConnectionManager {
 
-  def this(linkedList: java.util.LinkedList[ActorRef]) {
-    this(JavaConverters.iterableAsScalaIterableConverter(linkedList).asScala)
+  def this(iterable: java.lang.Iterable[ActorRef]) {
+    this(JavaConverters.iterableAsScalaIterableConverter(iterable).asScala)
   }
 
   case class State(version: Long, connections: Iterable[ActorRef]) extends VersionedIterable[ActorRef] {