diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/font/TrueTypeFont.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/font/TrueTypeFont.java
index 419c4c104b3..e60a74b7b05 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/font/TrueTypeFont.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/font/TrueTypeFont.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public class TrueTypeFont extends FileFont {
 
     private static Map<String, Short> lcidMap;
 
-    class DirectoryEntry {
+    static class DirectoryEntry {
         int tag;
         int offset;
         int length;