diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/BatchStore.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/BatchStore.java
index 48a8a9f2db..e29d395a56 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/BatchStore.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/BatchStore.java
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class BatchStore implements Batch {
         return result;
     }
 
-    private void setAllUnchanged() {
+    private final void setAllUnchanged() {
         for (UpdatableRecord<?> record : records) {
             if (record instanceof AbstractRecord) {
                 ((AbstractRecord) record).setAllChanged(false);