diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/bytes/CompositeBytesReference.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/bytes/CompositeBytesReference.java
index 279275b92e8..3538cba869c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/bytes/CompositeBytesReference.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/bytes/CompositeBytesReference.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public final class CompositeBytesReference extends BytesReference {
         return new CompositeBytesReference(inSlice);
     }
 
-    private final int getOffsetIndex(int offset) {
+    private int getOffsetIndex(int offset) {
         final int i = Arrays.binarySearch(offsets, offset);
         return i < 0 ? (-(i + 1)) - 1 : i;
     }