diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/ResourceLeakDetector.java b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/ResourceLeakDetector.java
index 9aac5b5347..f60731e28c 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/ResourceLeakDetector.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/ResourceLeakDetector.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 public final class ResourceLeakDetector<T> {
 
-    private static volatile boolean disabled;
+    private static boolean disabled;
 
     private static final InternalLogger logger = InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(ResourceLeakDetector.class);