diff --git a/app/code/Mage/Widget/controllers/Adminhtml/Widget/InstanceController.php b/app/code/Mage/Widget/controllers/Adminhtml/Widget/InstanceController.php
index f0325d9b34b55..2cad65d048e6c 100644
--- a/app/code/Mage/Widget/controllers/Adminhtml/Widget/InstanceController.php
+++ b/app/code/Mage/Widget/controllers/Adminhtml/Widget/InstanceController.php
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public function editAction()
      *
      * @param string $body
      */
-    private function setBody($body)
+    protected function setBody($body)
     {
         Mage::getSingleton('Mage_Core_Model_Translate_Inline')->processResponseBody($body);
         $this->getResponse()->setBody($body);