diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateSite.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateSite.java
index ff6c04d90ea3f87d7b64a5c3b20916b04e9383aa..58e7b801418466271f850613fc8971859c3f61ea 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateSite.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateSite.java
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ public class UpdateSite {
     /**
      * Returns true if it's time for us to check for new version.
      */
-    synchronized public boolean isDue() {
+    public synchronized boolean isDue() {
         if(neverUpdate)     return false;
         if(dataTimestamp == 0)
             dataTimestamp = getDataFile().file.lastModified();