diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/gui/value/TableCellTextControlEditor.h b/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/gui/value/TableCellTextControlEditor.h
index 7dfe962428..9db2a6b580 100644
--- a/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/gui/value/TableCellTextControlEditor.h
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/user_interface/gui/value/TableCellTextControlEditor.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 // common base class for editors that input a value via a text field
 class TableCellTextControlEditor : public TableCellFormattedValueEditor,
-	protected BTextControl {
+	public BTextControl {
 public:
 								TableCellTextControlEditor(
 									::Value* initialValue,