diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationActionValidatorManager.java b/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationActionValidatorManager.java
index c0f41fe7b..d4b9cc665 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationActionValidatorManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationActionValidatorManager.java
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public class AnnotationActionValidatorManager implements ActionValidatorManager
      * @param context context
      * @return a validator key which is the class name plus context.
      */
-    protected static String buildValidatorKey(Class clazz, String context) {
+    protected String buildValidatorKey(Class clazz, String context) {
         ActionInvocation invocation = ActionContext.getContext().getActionInvocation();
         ActionProxy proxy = invocation.getProxy();
         ActionConfig config = proxy.getConfig();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationActionValidatorManagerTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationActionValidatorManagerTest.java
index 3c6462225..71111500f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationActionValidatorManagerTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/validator/AnnotationActionValidatorManagerTest.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class AnnotationActionValidatorManagerTest extends XWorkTestCase {
     }
 
     public void testBuildValidatorKey() {
-        String validatorKey = AnnotationActionValidatorManager.buildValidatorKey(SimpleAnnotationAction.class, "name");
+        String validatorKey = annotationActionValidatorManager.buildValidatorKey(SimpleAnnotationAction.class, "name");
         assertEquals(SimpleAnnotationAction.class.getName() + "/packageName/name", validatorKey);
     }