diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/EditorTextField.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/EditorTextField.java
index 1fb2c80f1f6d..820c84a49bb6 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/EditorTextField.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/EditorTextField.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class EditorTextField extends NonOpaquePanel implements EditorTextCompone
   private Document myDocument;
   private final Project myProject;
   private FileType myFileType;
-  protected EditorEx myEditor;
+  private EditorEx myEditor;
   private Component myNextFocusable;
   private boolean myWholeTextSelected;
   private final List<DocumentListener> myDocumentListeners = ContainerUtil.createLockFreeCopyOnWriteList();