diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
index c8af720d1d..55722d74b0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ private void logAuditEvent(boolean succeeded,
    * HDFS-14497: Concurrency control when many metaSave request to write
    * meta to same out stream after switch to read lock.
    */
-  private Object metaSaveLock = new Object();
+  private final Object metaSaveLock = new Object();
 
   /**
    * Notify that loading of this FSDirectory is complete, and