diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/nio/ByteOrder.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/nio/ByteOrder.java
index 64c09394ea5..96f2317b956 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/nio/ByteOrder.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/nio/ByteOrder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import jdk.internal.misc.Unsafe;
 
 public final class ByteOrder {
 
-    private String name;
+    private final String name;
 
     private ByteOrder(String name) {
         this.name = name;