diff --git a/jcl/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java b/jcl/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java
index 8bfcd6a9c4f..ed197d53a23 100644
--- a/jcl/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java
+++ b/jcl/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java
@@ -2491,17 +2491,15 @@ ProtectionDomain getProtectionDomainInternal() {
 	return allPermissionsPD;
 }
 
-private void allocateAllPermissionsPD() {
-	/* Synchronization to ensure safe initialization and safe publication of
-	 * allPermissionsPD. This addresses the locking contention on allPermissionsPD
-	 * in getProtectionDomain().
-	 */
-	synchronized(this) {
-		if (allPermissionsPD == null) {
-			Permissions collection = new Permissions();
-			collection.add(SecurityConstants.ALL_PERMISSION);
-			allPermissionsPD = new ProtectionDomain(null, collection);
-		}
+/* Synchronization is added to ensure safe initialization and safe
+ * publication of allPermissionsPD. This addresses the locking contention
+ * on allPermissionsPD in getProtectionDomain().
+ */
+private static synchronized void allocateAllPermissionsPD() {
+	if (allPermissionsPD == null) {
+		Permissions collection = new Permissions();
+		collection.add(SecurityConstants.ALL_PERMISSION);
+		allPermissionsPD = new ProtectionDomain(null, collection);
 	}
 }