diff --git a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
index 65cd2333a9d..f764057f101 100644
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
@@ -4481,9 +4481,8 @@ void ClassFileParser::check_final_method_override(instanceKlassHandle this_klass
   for (int index = 0; index < num_methods; index++) {
     Method* m = methods->at(index);
 
-    // skip private, static and <init> methods
-    if ((!m->is_private()) &&
-        (!m->is_static()) &&
+    // skip static and <init> methods
+    if ((!m->is_static()) &&
         (m->name() != vmSymbols::object_initializer_name())) {
 
       Symbol* name = m->name();