diff --git a/apps/segmentrouting/src/main/java/org/onosproject/segmentrouting/SegmentRoutingManager.java b/apps/segmentrouting/src/main/java/org/onosproject/segmentrouting/SegmentRoutingManager.java
index 5eec207..c18ae30 100644
--- a/apps/segmentrouting/src/main/java/org/onosproject/segmentrouting/SegmentRoutingManager.java
+++ b/apps/segmentrouting/src/main/java/org/onosproject/segmentrouting/SegmentRoutingManager.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
     protected ApplicationId appId;
     protected DeviceConfiguration deviceConfiguration = null;
 
-    private DefaultRoutingHandler defaultRoutingHandler = null;
+    protected DefaultRoutingHandler defaultRoutingHandler = null;
     private TunnelHandler tunnelHandler = null;
     private PolicyHandler policyHandler = null;
     private InternalPacketProcessor processor = null;