diff --git a/packages/SettingsLib/src/com/android/settingslib/core/instrumentation/MetricsFeatureProvider.java b/packages/SettingsLib/src/com/android/settingslib/core/instrumentation/MetricsFeatureProvider.java
index 662fa106e3f0b..e1f9111071b92 100644
--- a/packages/SettingsLib/src/com/android/settingslib/core/instrumentation/MetricsFeatureProvider.java
+++ b/packages/SettingsLib/src/com/android/settingslib/core/instrumentation/MetricsFeatureProvider.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  * FeatureProvider for metrics.
  */
 public class MetricsFeatureProvider {
-    private List<LogWriter> mLoggerWriters;
+    protected List<LogWriter> mLoggerWriters;
 
     public MetricsFeatureProvider() {
         mLoggerWriters = new ArrayList<>();