--- a/src/share/vm/shark/sharkInvariants.hpp	Thu Jan 31 11:32:14 2013 +0100
+++ b/src/share/vm/shark/sharkInvariants.hpp	Thu Jan 31 15:42:25 2013 +0100
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
   //
   // Accessing this directly is kind of ugly, so it's private.  Add
   // new accessors below if you need something from it.
- private:
+ protected:
   ciEnv* env() const {
     assert(_env != NULL, "env not available");
     return _env;
@@ -99,12 +99,14 @@
   DebugInformationRecorder* debug_info() const {
     return env()->debug_info();
   }
+  SharkCodeBuffer* code_buffer() const {
+    return builder()->code_buffer();
+  }
+
+ public:
   Dependencies* dependencies() const {
     return env()->dependencies();
   }
-  SharkCodeBuffer* code_buffer() const {
-    return builder()->code_buffer();
-  }
 
   // Commonly used classes
  protected: