diff --git a/src/main/java/org/htmlunit/javascript/JavaScriptEngine.java b/src/main/java/org/htmlunit/javascript/JavaScriptEngine.java
index 733f6bb4df..97466abf29 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/htmlunit/javascript/JavaScriptEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/htmlunit/javascript/JavaScriptEngine.java
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ public final Object run(final Context cx) {
         protected abstract String getSourceCode(Context cx);
     }
 
-    void doProcessPostponedActions() {
+    private void doProcessPostponedActions() {
         holdPostponedActions_ = false;
 
         final WebClient webClient = getWebClient();