diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/buffer/DiskBuffer.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/buffer/DiskBuffer.java
index 8f643c515df..6baab9fc34d 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/buffer/DiskBuffer.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/buffer/DiskBuffer.java
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ private Event getNextEvent(Iterator<File> files) {
     public Iterator<Event> getEvents() {
         final File[] fileArray = bufferDir.listFiles();
         if (fileArray == null) {
-            return Collections.emptyIterator();
+            return Collections.<Event>emptyList().iterator();
         }
         final Iterator<File> files = Arrays.asList(fileArray).iterator();