diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/fsck/FsckError.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/fsck/FsckError.java
index 5658c0a0e..335ac667c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/fsck/FsckError.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/fsck/FsckError.java
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ public class FsckError {
 
 		final int type;
 
-		final @Nullable ObjectChecker.ErrorType errorType;
+		@Nullable
+		final ObjectChecker.ErrorType errorType;
 
 		/**
 		 * @param id