diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/URI.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/URI.java
index 7f70a4b1177..9b42c0347ac 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/URI.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/URI.java
@@ -2106,7 +2106,7 @@ public final class URI
     // -- Normalization, resolution, and relativization --
 
     // RFC2396 5.2 (6)
-    private static String resolvePath(String base, String child)
+    private static String resolvePath(String base, String child, boolean absolute)
     {
         int i = base.lastIndexOf('/');
         int cn = child.length();