diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene50/Lucene50PostingsReader.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene50/Lucene50PostingsReader.java
index 4c8cbd3f07f..97ac608875e 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene50/Lucene50PostingsReader.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene50/Lucene50PostingsReader.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public final class Lucene50PostingsReader extends PostingsReaderBase {
   private final IndexInput posIn;
   private final IndexInput payIn;
 
-  private final ForUtil forUtil;
+  final ForUtil forUtil;
   private int version;
 
   /** Sole constructor. */