diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/decider/DiskThresholdDecider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/decider/DiskThresholdDecider.java
index 26f66183efa..2aacac0cdd0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/decider/DiskThresholdDecider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/decider/DiskThresholdDecider.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class DiskThresholdDecider extends AllocationDecider {
 
     public static final String NAME = "disk_threshold";
 
-    private DiskThresholdSettings diskThresholdSettings;
+    private final DiskThresholdSettings diskThresholdSettings;
 
     @Inject
     public DiskThresholdDecider(Settings settings, ClusterSettings clusterSettings) {