diff --git a/spring-oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/support/AbstractMarshaller.java b/spring-oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/support/AbstractMarshaller.java
index 643f8e01ec..bface7143d 100644
--- a/spring-oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/support/AbstractMarshaller.java
+++ b/spring-oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/support/AbstractMarshaller.java
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.xml.StaxUtils;
  */
 public abstract class AbstractMarshaller implements Marshaller, Unmarshaller {
 
+	private static final EntityResolver NO_OP_ENTITY_RESOLVER =
+			(publicId, systemId) -> new InputSource(new StringReader(""));
+
 	/** Logger available to subclasses */
 	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
 
@@ -604,8 +607,4 @@ public abstract class AbstractMarshaller implements Marshaller, Unmarshaller {
 	protected abstract Object unmarshalReader(Reader reader)
 			throws XmlMappingException, IOException;
 
-
-	private static final EntityResolver NO_OP_ENTITY_RESOLVER =
-			(publicId, systemId) -> new InputSource(new StringReader(""));
-
 }