diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/common/util/TestJsonRecordReader.java b/solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/common/util/TestJsonRecordReader.java
index 0677903..c68c9a8 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/common/util/TestJsonRecordReader.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/common/util/TestJsonRecordReader.java
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
             "  }\n" +
             "}";
     JsonRecordReader streamer = JsonRecordReader.getInst("/", Arrays.asList("id:/id"));
-    RecordingJSONParser parser = new RecordingJSONParser(new StringReader(json + json2));
+    final RecordingJSONParser parser = new RecordingJSONParser(new StringReader(json + json2));
 
 
     streamer.streamRecords(parser, new JsonRecordReader.Handler() {