diff --git a/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java b/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
index 1a39ca7472a..61183ef9be4 100644
--- a/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
+++ b/engine/orchestration/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachineManagerImpl.java
@@ -3686,7 +3686,7 @@ public class VirtualMachineManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VirtualMac
     //
 
     @MessageHandler(topic = Topics.VM_POWER_STATE)
-    private void HandlePowerStateReport(final String subject, final String senderAddress, final Object args) {
+    protected void HandlePowerStateReport(final String subject, final String senderAddress, final Object args) {
         assert args != null;
         final Long vmId = (Long)args;