diff --git a/make/ide/visualstudio/hotspot/src/classes/build/tools/projectcreator/FileTreeCreator.java b/make/ide/visualstudio/hotspot/src/classes/build/tools/projectcreator/FileTreeCreator.java
index 385903e676f..f8fd111587c 100644
--- a/make/ide/visualstudio/hotspot/src/classes/build/tools/projectcreator/FileTreeCreator.java
+++ b/make/ide/visualstudio/hotspot/src/classes/build/tools/projectcreator/FileTreeCreator.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class FileTreeCreator extends SimpleFileVisitor<Path>
       attributes.push(new DirAttributes());
    }
 
-   public class DirAttributes {
+   public static class DirAttributes {
 
       private HashSet<BuildConfig> ignores;
       private HashSet<BuildConfig> disablePch;