diff --git a/spotbugs-exclude.xml b/spotbugs-exclude.xml
index f1b48d52829b..8648b9109013 100644
--- a/spotbugs-exclude.xml
+++ b/spotbugs-exclude.xml
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@
     <Match>
         <Bug pattern="RCN_REDUNDANT_NULLCHECK_OF_NONNULL_VALUE" />
     </Match>
-    <Match>
-        <Bug pattern="RV_ABSOLUTE_VALUE_OF_HASHCODE" />
-    </Match>
     <!-- fb-contrib -->
     <Match>
         <Bug pattern="OCP_OVERLY_CONCRETE_PARAMETER" />
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/hashmap/hashing/GenericHashMapUsingArray.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/hashmap/hashing/GenericHashMapUsingArray.java
index 9fbb2ff0ad62..416cee99d028 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/hashmap/hashing/GenericHashMapUsingArray.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/hashmap/hashing/GenericHashMapUsingArray.java
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ public void put(K key, V value) {
 
     // tells which bucket to go to
     private int hashFunction(K key) {
-        int hc = key.hashCode();
-        return Math.abs(hc) % buckets.length;
+        return Math.floorMod(key.hashCode(), buckets.length);
     }
 
     private void reHash() {