diff --git a/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/registry/PlaceholderResource.java b/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/registry/PlaceholderResource.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/registry/PlaceholderResource.java
+++ b/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/registry/PlaceholderResource.java
@@ -134,8 +134,12 @@ public class PlaceholderResource implements Resource {
 
         final PathElement path;
 
+        public PlaceholderResourceEntry(final PathElement path) {
+            this.path = path;
+        }
+
         public PlaceholderResourceEntry(final String type, final String name) {
-            path = PathElement.pathElement(type, name);
+            this.path = PathElement.pathElement(type, name);
         }
 
         @Override
AS7-<I> Add placeholder resources for the datasource statistics

was: c4c<I>d<I>ae<I>a<I>cb<I>d2b<I>df