diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core.posix/src/com/oracle/svm/core/posix/PosixVirtualMemoryProvider.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core.posix/src/com/oracle/svm/core/posix/PosixVirtualMemoryProvider.java
index b33241e7bbf2..807c906af91d 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core.posix/src/com/oracle/svm/core/posix/PosixVirtualMemoryProvider.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core.posix/src/com/oracle/svm/core/posix/PosixVirtualMemoryProvider.java
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ private Pointer commit0(PointerBase start, UnsignedWord nbytes, int access, NmtP
     }
 
     @Uninterruptible(reason = "Called from uninterruptible code.", mayBeInlined = true)
-    private void trackCommitAndMaybeReserve(PointerBase baseAddr, PointerBase start, UnsignedWord nbytes, NmtPreImageHeapData nmtData, NmtCategory category) {
+    private static void trackCommitAndMaybeReserve(PointerBase baseAddr, PointerBase start, UnsignedWord nbytes, NmtPreImageHeapData nmtData, NmtCategory category) {
         // Account for possible reserve before commit
         if (start.isNull()) {
             if (nmtData.isNull()) {