diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Math.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Math.java
index 059c20213ba35502f06903d6e92aac80cb0803c8..e7ba12a864aa1730e139348094eeff3b362a04bd 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Math.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Math.java
@@ -1900,7 +1900,7 @@ public final class Math {
     /**
      * Returns a floating-point power of two in the normal range.
      */
-    public static float powerOfTwoF(int n) {
+    static float powerOfTwoF(int n) {
         assert(n >= FloatConsts.MIN_EXPONENT && n <= FloatConsts.MAX_EXPONENT);
         return Float.intBitsToFloat(((n + FloatConsts.EXP_BIAS) <<
                                      (FloatConsts.SIGNIFICAND_WIDTH-1))