diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
index 06deeefa84..7c9949de0d 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
@@ -3563,7 +3563,7 @@ final class ParserImpl implements Parser {
         return parseAlterTableAddField(ctx);
     }
 
-    private static Field<?> parseAlterTableAddField(ParserContext ctx) {
+    private static final Field<?> parseAlterTableAddField(ParserContext ctx) {
 
         // The below code is taken from CREATE TABLE, with minor modifications as
         // https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOQ/issues/5317 has not yet been implemented
@@ -4603,6 +4603,11 @@ final class ParserImpl implements Parser {
 
 
 
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                 if (field == null) {
                     field = parseField(ctx);