diff --git a/protocols/pcep/pcepio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pcepio/protocol/ver1/PcepLabelRangeObjectVer1.java b/protocols/pcep/pcepio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pcepio/protocol/ver1/PcepLabelRangeObjectVer1.java
index 00f61ae..ea62367 100644
--- a/protocols/pcep/pcepio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pcepio/protocol/ver1/PcepLabelRangeObjectVer1.java
+++ b/protocols/pcep/pcepio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pcepio/protocol/ver1/PcepLabelRangeObjectVer1.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
                                LABEL-RANGE Object
      */
-    protected static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PcepLabelRangeObjectVer1.class);
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PcepLabelRangeObjectVer1.class);
 
     public static final byte LABEL_RANGE_OBJ_TYPE = 1;
     public static final byte LABEL_RANGE_OBJ_CLASS = 60; //to be defined