diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Matrix.cs b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Matrix.cs
index 287ad1b3a2..cdaaa2b4b4 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Matrix.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Matrix.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace Avalonia
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns the multiplicative identity matrix.
         /// </summary>
-        public static Matrix Identity => new Matrix(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+        public static Matrix Identity { get; } = new Matrix(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns whether the matrix is the identity matrix.