diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
index cf716cbf4..aea84a1e2 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ private boolean contentMerge(CanonicalTreeParser base,
 				base.getEntryObjectId(), db);
 
 		// do the merge
-		MergeResult<RawText> result = MergeAlgorithm.merge(
+		MergeResult<RawText> result = mergeAlgorithm.merge(
 				RawTextComparator.DEFAULT, baseText,
 				getRawText(ours.getEntryObjectId(), db),
 				getRawText(theirs.getEntryObjectId(), db));