diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Test/VarDumperTestCase.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Test/VarDumperTestCase.php
index 3c8593a8c3..cc3e503ef6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Test/VarDumperTestCase.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Test/VarDumperTestCase.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ abstract class VarDumperTestCase extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertStringMatchesFormat(rtrim($dump), $this->getDump($data), $message);
     }
 
-    private function getDump($data)
+    protected function getDump($data)
     {
         $h = fopen('php://memory', 'r+b');
         $cloner = new VarCloner();
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Test/VarDumperTestTrait.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Test/VarDumperTestTrait.php
index 325545648d..e5f6bf5b98 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Test/VarDumperTestTrait.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Test/VarDumperTestTrait.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ trait VarDumperTestTrait
         $this->assertStringMatchesFormat(rtrim($dump), $this->getDump($data), $message);
     }
 
-    public function getDump($data)
+    protected function getDump($data)
     {
         $h = fopen('php://memory', 'r+b');
         $cloner = new VarCloner();