diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/InternalChangeQuery.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/InternalChangeQuery.java
index e08847ad8a..008cd0f7a6 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/InternalChangeQuery.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/InternalChangeQuery.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public class InternalChangeQuery {
     return query(and(topic(topic), open()));
   }
 
-  private List<ChangeData> query(Predicate<ChangeData> p) throws OrmException {
+  public List<ChangeData> query(Predicate<ChangeData> p) throws OrmException {
     try {
       return qp.queryChanges(p).changes();
     } catch (QueryParseException e) {