diff --git a/protocols/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/protocol/linkstate/BgpNodeLSNlriVer4.java b/protocols/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/protocol/linkstate/BgpNodeLSNlriVer4.java
index e8088b1..cbe884f 100644
--- a/protocols/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/protocol/linkstate/BgpNodeLSNlriVer4.java
+++ b/protocols/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/protocol/linkstate/BgpNodeLSNlriVer4.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
                           Figure : The Node NLRI format
      */
 
-    protected static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BgpNodeLSNlriVer4.class);
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BgpNodeLSNlriVer4.class);
 
     public static final int NODE_NLRITYPE = 1;
     public static final int IDENTIFIER_LENGTH = 16;