--- jsr166/src/test/tck/LinkedListTest.java	2017/03/11 17:33:32	1.45
+++ jsr166/src/test/tck/LinkedListTest.java	2017/03/11 18:20:47	1.46
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class LinkedListTest extends JSR1
      * Returns a new queue of given size containing consecutive
      * Integers 0 ... n - 1.
      */
-    private LinkedList<Integer> populatedQueue(int n) {
+    private static LinkedList<Integer> populatedQueue(int n) {
         LinkedList<Integer> q = new LinkedList<>();
         assertTrue(q.isEmpty());
         for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)