diff --git a/codec-memcache/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/memcache/binary/BinaryMemcacheEncoder.java b/codec-memcache/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/memcache/binary/BinaryMemcacheEncoder.java
index 6e9f5a7d4d..a58243465f 100644
--- a/codec-memcache/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/memcache/binary/BinaryMemcacheEncoder.java
+++ b/codec-memcache/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/memcache/binary/BinaryMemcacheEncoder.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public abstract class BinaryMemcacheEncoder<M extends BinaryMemcacheMessage<H>,
     /**
      * Every binary memcache message has at least a 24 bytes header.
      */
-    public static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 24;
+    private static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 24;
 
     @Override
     protected ByteBuf encodeMessage(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, M msg) {