diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/util/AccessTypeInformation.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/util/AccessTypeInformation.java
index 0d6420bef5..e0817314df 100644
--- a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/util/AccessTypeInformation.java
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/util/AccessTypeInformation.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class AccessTypeInformation {
 	 */
 	private @Nullable AccessType defaultAccessType;
 
-	private static final AccessType DEFAULT_ACCESS_TYPE = AccessType.PROPERTY;
+	static final AccessType DEFAULT_ACCESS_TYPE = AccessType.FIELD;
 
 	public AccessTypeInformation(String fqcn, @Nullable AccessType explicitAccessType, @Nullable AccessType defaultAccessType) {
 		this.fqcn = fqcn;