diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/nativeimage/ReflectiveClassBuildItem.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/nativeimage/ReflectiveClassBuildItem.java
index ca4b0e37c7fdf..a4cfd392230e3 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/nativeimage/ReflectiveClassBuildItem.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/nativeimage/ReflectiveClassBuildItem.java
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ public Builder classes(boolean classes) {
         }
 
         public Builder classes() {
-            return fields(true);
+            return classes(true);
         }
 
         /**