diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/MavenImportingTestCase.java b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/MavenImportingTestCase.java
index 9f49621133cf..860f78cabfe6 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/MavenImportingTestCase.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/MavenImportingTestCase.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public abstract class MavenImportingTestCase extends MavenTestCase {
     assertTrue(getCompilerExtension(module).isCompilerOutputPathInherited());
   }
 
-  private CompilerModuleExtension getCompilerExtension(String module) {
+  protected CompilerModuleExtension getCompilerExtension(String module) {
     ModuleRootManager m = getRootManager(module);
     return CompilerModuleExtension.getInstance(m.getModule());
   }