diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jboss/threads/ScheduledEnhancedQueueExecutorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jboss/threads/ScheduledEnhancedQueueExecutorTest.java
index fc6749e..eef521b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jboss/threads/ScheduledEnhancedQueueExecutorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jboss/threads/ScheduledEnhancedQueueExecutorTest.java
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ public void testFixedDelayExecution() throws Exception {
     @Test
     public void testThatFixedDelayTerminatesTask() {
         EnhancedQueueExecutor eqe = new EnhancedQueueExecutor.Builder().build();
+        final ArrayList<LocalDateTime> times = new ArrayList<>();
         var r = new Runnable() {
             final ScheduledFuture<?> future = eqe.scheduleWithFixedDelay(this, 0, 100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
-            final ArrayList<LocalDateTime> times = new ArrayList<>();
             public void run() {
                 times.add(LocalDateTime.now());
                 if (times.size() >= 5) {