diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleImpl.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleImpl.java
index cdbc26200a1..27176314b25 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleImpl.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleImpl.java
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ abstract class MethodHandleImpl {
     static final class AsVarargsCollector extends DelegatingMethodHandle {
         private final MethodHandle target;
         private final Class<?> arrayType;
-        private @Stable MethodHandle asCollectorCache;
+        private MethodHandle asCollectorCache;
 
         AsVarargsCollector(MethodHandle target, Class<?> arrayType) {
             this(target.type(), target, arrayType);