diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/filesys/server/SrvSession.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/filesys/server/SrvSession.java
index 662da219b3..34e6ca90f2 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/filesys/server/SrvSession.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/filesys/server/SrvSession.java
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ public abstract class SrvSession
      * @return boolean
      * @exception AlfrescoRuntimeException
      */
-    private final boolean beginTransaction(TransactionService transService, boolean readOnly)
+    public final boolean beginTransaction(TransactionService transService, boolean readOnly)
         throws AlfrescoRuntimeException
     {
         boolean created = false;