diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/AvaloniaObject.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/AvaloniaObject.cs
index 6285b44e5f..0e6e975ed9 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/AvaloniaObject.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/AvaloniaObject.cs
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ namespace Avalonia
         /// <param name="oldValue">The old property value.</param>
         /// <param name="newValue">The new property value.</param>
         /// <param name="priority">The priority of the binding that produced the value.</param>
-        protected void RaisePropertyChanged<T>(
+        private protected void RaisePropertyChanged<T>(
             DirectPropertyBase<T> property,
             Optional<T> oldValue,
             BindingValue<T> newValue,