diff --git a/instrumentation/jaxws/jaxws-metro-2.2/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/metro/MetroServerSpanNameUpdater.java b/instrumentation/jaxws/jaxws-metro-2.2/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/metro/MetroServerSpanNameUpdater.java
index 3998099794c4..cd295d06a51e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jaxws/jaxws-metro-2.2/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/metro/MetroServerSpanNameUpdater.java
+++ b/instrumentation/jaxws/jaxws-metro-2.2/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/metro/MetroServerSpanNameUpdater.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public MetroServerSpanNameUpdater() {
    */
   private void registerHttpServletRequestAdapter(
       String name, String key, String httpServletRequestClassName) {
-    final HttpServletRequestAdapter adapter;
+    HttpServletRequestAdapter adapter;
     try {
       adapter =
           new HttpServletRequestAdapter(