diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/avatar/provider/MetadataProvider.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/avatar/provider/MetadataProvider.java
index 4514c8bd98..80f4b6b018 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/avatar/provider/MetadataProvider.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/avatar/provider/MetadataProvider.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public MetadataExtension parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth, XmlEnviro
         return new MetadataExtension(metadataInfos, pointers);
     }
 
-    private MetadataInfo parseInfo(XmlPullParser parser) throws XmlPullParserException {
+    private static MetadataInfo parseInfo(XmlPullParser parser) throws XmlPullParserException {
         String id;
         URL url = null;
         long bytes = 0;
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ private MetadataInfo parseInfo(XmlPullParser parser) throws XmlPullParserExcepti
         }
     }
 
-    private MetadataPointer parsePointer(XmlPullParser parser) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
+    private static MetadataPointer parsePointer(XmlPullParser parser) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
         int pointerDepth = parser.getDepth();
         String namespace = null;
         HashMap<String, Object> fields = null;