diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/fnmatch/CharacterHead.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/fnmatch/CharacterHead.java
index ebffa19..faf4ee6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/fnmatch/CharacterHead.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/fnmatch/CharacterHead.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	 * @param expectedCharacter
 	 *            expected {@code char}
 	 */
-	protected CharacterHead(char expectedCharacter) {
+	CharacterHead(char expectedCharacter) {
 		super(false);
 		this.expectedCharacter = expectedCharacter;
 	}