diff --git a/telephony/java/android/telephony/CellIdentity.java b/telephony/java/android/telephony/CellIdentity.java
index 33a43c1e0319e..1e5ce05ff28a4 100644
--- a/telephony/java/android/telephony/CellIdentity.java
+++ b/telephony/java/android/telephony/CellIdentity.java
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ public abstract class CellIdentity implements Parcelable {
     }
 
     /** @hide */
-    protected String getPlmn() {
+    public @Nullable String getPlmn() {
         if (mMccStr == null || mMncStr == null) return null;
         return mMccStr + mMncStr;
     }