diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/resource/jdbc/internal/ResourceRegistryStandardImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/resource/jdbc/internal/ResourceRegistryStandardImpl.java
index 8422adaf2e..a75e937ffd 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/resource/jdbc/internal/ResourceRegistryStandardImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/resource/jdbc/internal/ResourceRegistryStandardImpl.java
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public final class ResourceRegistryStandardImpl implements ResourceRegistry {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public static void close(Statement statement) {
+	private static void close(Statement statement) {
 		log.tracef( "Closing prepared statement [%s]", statement );
 
 		try {