diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/modRefBarrierSet.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/modRefBarrierSet.hpp
index fb66c2fa011..395ebbc3d18 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/modRefBarrierSet.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/modRefBarrierSet.hpp
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ public:
   // at the address "start", which may not necessarily be HeapWord-aligned
   inline void write_ref_array(HeapWord* start, size_t count);
 
- public:
   // The ModRef abstraction introduces pre and post barriers
   template <DecoratorSet decorators, typename BarrierSetT>
   class AccessBarrier: public BarrierSet::AccessBarrier<decorators, BarrierSetT> {