diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/ioopcallbacks/AbstractLSMIOOperationCallback.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/ioopcallbacks/AbstractLSMIOOperationCallback.java
index ba0f928..3138986 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/ioopcallbacks/AbstractLSMIOOperationCallback.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/ioopcallbacks/AbstractLSMIOOperationCallback.java
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public final void afterOperation(LSMOperationType opType, List<ILSMComponent> oldComponents,
+    public void afterOperation(LSMOperationType opType, List<ILSMComponent> oldComponents,
             ILSMDiskComponent newComponent) throws HyracksDataException {
         //TODO: Copying Filters and all content of the metadata pages for flush operation should be done here
         if (newComponent != null) {