diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/entity/AbstractEntityPersister.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/entity/AbstractEntityPersister.java
index 68676b152c..4cbada942c 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/entity/AbstractEntityPersister.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/persister/entity/AbstractEntityPersister.java
@@ -5272,7 +5272,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityPersister
 		);
 	}
 
-	private AttributeMapping generateNonIdAttributeMapping(
+	protected AttributeMapping generateNonIdAttributeMapping(
 			NonIdentifierAttribute tupleAttrDefinition,
 			Property bootProperty,
 			int stateArrayPosition,