diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/Engine.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/Engine.java
index e3f831f958e0e..953c77e2826f4 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/Engine.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/Engine.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public final EngineConfig config() {
         return engineConfig;
     }
 
-    protected abstract SegmentInfos getLastCommittedSegmentInfos();
+    public abstract SegmentInfos getLastCommittedSegmentInfos();
 
     public MergeStats getMergeStats() {
         return new MergeStats();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/InternalEngine.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/InternalEngine.java
index a17441b1f37b2..684214b2692b5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/InternalEngine.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/InternalEngine.java
@@ -2478,7 +2478,7 @@ protected boolean maybeFailEngine(String source, Exception e) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected SegmentInfos getLastCommittedSegmentInfos() {
+    public SegmentInfos getLastCommittedSegmentInfos() {
         return lastCommittedSegmentInfos;
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/ReadOnlyEngine.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/ReadOnlyEngine.java
index d428bdbfb13db..b38cc24e107ea 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/ReadOnlyEngine.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/ReadOnlyEngine.java
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ protected ReferenceManager<ElasticsearchDirectoryReader> getReferenceManager(Sea
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected SegmentInfos getLastCommittedSegmentInfos() {
+    public SegmentInfos getLastCommittedSegmentInfos() {
         return lastCommittedSegmentInfos;
     }