diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/StatusResponseManager.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/StatusResponseManager.java
index 288f75b268e..581d7449ec4 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/StatusResponseManager.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/StatusResponseManager.java
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ final class StatusResponseManager {
     /**
      * Static nested class used as the data kept in the response cache.
      */
-    class ResponseCacheEntry {
+    static class ResponseCacheEntry {
         final OCSPResponse.ResponseStatus status;
         final byte[] ocspBytes;
         final Date nextUpdate;