diff --git a/extensions/netty/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/netty/deployment/EventLoopSupplierBuildItem.java b/extensions/netty/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/netty/deployment/EventLoopSupplierBuildItem.java
index 08ce82c2b2fd5..176a16bddeaf7 100644
--- a/extensions/netty/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/netty/deployment/EventLoopSupplierBuildItem.java
+++ b/extensions/netty/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/netty/deployment/EventLoopSupplierBuildItem.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
 import io.quarkus.builder.item.SimpleBuildItem;
 
-public class EventLoopSupplierBuildItem extends SimpleBuildItem {
+public final class EventLoopSupplierBuildItem extends SimpleBuildItem {
 
     private final Supplier<EventLoopGroup> mainSupplier;
     private final Supplier<EventLoopGroup> bossSupplier;
diff --git a/extensions/vertx-core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/core/deployment/VertxCoreProcessor.java b/extensions/vertx-core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/core/deployment/VertxCoreProcessor.java
index 6a2002f64bc7f..6de2d0c881909 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/core/deployment/VertxCoreProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/core/deployment/VertxCoreProcessor.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ EventLoopCountBuildItem eventLoopCount(VertxCoreRecorder recorder, VertxConfigur
         return new EventLoopCountBuildItem(recorder.calculateEventLoopThreads(vertxConfiguration));
     }
 
+    @BuildStep
     @Record(ExecutionTime.STATIC_INIT)
     EventLoopSupplierBuildItem eventLoop(VertxCoreRecorder recorder) {
         return new EventLoopSupplierBuildItem(recorder.mainSupplier(), recorder.bossSupplier());