diff --git a/tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/XMPPTCPConnection.java b/tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/XMPPTCPConnection.java
index 885e1833d..e6c0123df 100644
--- a/tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/XMPPTCPConnection.java
+++ b/tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/XMPPTCPConnection.java
@@ -844,10 +844,8 @@ public class XMPPTCPConnection extends XMPPConnection {
      * Notifies the XMPP connection that stream compression was denied so that
      * the connection process can proceed.
      */
-    void streamCompressionDenied() {
-        synchronized (this) {
-            this.notify();
-        }
+    synchronized void streamCompressionDenied() {
+        this.notify();
     }
 
     /**