diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/classfile/impl/BoundAttribute.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/classfile/impl/BoundAttribute.java
index f33d0430c5a4f..69e7f34731f81 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/classfile/impl/BoundAttribute.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/classfile/impl/BoundAttribute.java
@@ -992,6 +992,7 @@ public byte[] codeArray() {
      * @param name the name of the attribute to find
      */
     public static AttributeMapper<?> standardAttribute(Utf8Entry name) {
+        // critical bootstrap path, so no lambdas nor method handles here
         return switch (name.hashCode()) {
             case 0x78147009 ->
                 name.equalsString(NAME_ANNOTATION_DEFAULT) ? annotationDefault() : null;