diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/ClusterSchemaServiceImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/ClusterSchemaServiceImpl.java
index 5af7614186e..97597218471 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/ClusterSchemaServiceImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/ClusterSchemaServiceImpl.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class ClusterSchemaServiceImpl extends AbstractService implements ClusterSchemaS
   }
 
   @Override
-  public synchronized void doStart() {
+  protected synchronized void doStart() {
     try {
       notifyStarted();
       this.tableNamespaceManager.start();