diff --git a/src/finiteVolume/finiteVolume/laplacianSchemes/laplacianScheme/laplacianScheme.H b/src/finiteVolume/finiteVolume/laplacianSchemes/laplacianScheme/laplacianScheme.H
index 781d2044d5..16fa0c4b1b 100644
--- a/src/finiteVolume/finiteVolume/laplacianSchemes/laplacianScheme/laplacianScheme.H
+++ b/src/finiteVolume/finiteVolume/laplacianSchemes/laplacianScheme/laplacianScheme.H
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ protected:
         tmp<snGradScheme<Type> > tsnGradScheme_;
 
 
+private:
+
     // Private Member Functions
 
         //- Disallow copy construct