diff --git a/config/findbugs-exclude.xml b/config/findbugs-exclude.xml
index a66addc5b..ed130d7b6 100644
--- a/config/findbugs-exclude.xml
+++ b/config/findbugs-exclude.xml
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@
       <Class name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.UniquePropertiesCheck$UniqueProperties" />
       <Bug pattern="EQ_DOESNT_OVERRIDE_EQUALS" />
     </Match>
-    <Match>
-      <!-- till #909 -->
-      <Class name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AuditEvent" />
-      <Bug pattern="SE_TRANSIENT_FIELD_NOT_RESTORED" />
-    </Match>
     <Match>
       <!-- false-postive, as Map will return null if key is not found -->
       <Class name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.indentation.LineWrappingHandler" />
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/AuditEvent.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/AuditEvent.java
index 1e56de348..abdd402dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/AuditEvent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/AuditEvent.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public final class AuditEvent
     /** filename event associated with **/
     private final String fileName;
     /** message associated with the event **/
-    private final transient LocalizedMessage message;
+    private final LocalizedMessage message;
 
     /**
      * Creates a new instance.