diff --git a/src/windows/classes/java/lang/ProcessImpl.java b/src/windows/classes/java/lang/ProcessImpl.java
index d4cdc6c7eecb3a13ee9cd0e6951cda963035b6a6..151ab0f90911c13d10ad77b7ba713925e1faa3a1 100644
--- a/src/windows/classes/java/lang/ProcessImpl.java
+++ b/src/windows/classes/java/lang/ProcessImpl.java
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ final class ProcessImpl extends Process {
         return stderr_stream;
     }
 
-    public void finalize() {
+    protected void finalize() {
         closeHandle(handle);
     }