diff --git a/core/java/android/net/LinkProperties.java b/core/java/android/net/LinkProperties.java
index 923b9b76a1..81e6e78873 100644
--- a/core/java/android/net/LinkProperties.java
+++ b/core/java/android/net/LinkProperties.java
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ public final class LinkProperties implements Parcelable {
     private final transient boolean mParcelSensitiveFields;
 
     private static final int MIN_MTU    = 68;
-    /* package-visibility - Used in other files (such as Ikev2VpnProfile) as minimum iface MTU. */
-    static final int MIN_MTU_V6 = 1280;
+
+    /** @hide */
+    public static final int MIN_MTU_V6 = 1280;
+
     private static final int MAX_MTU    = 10000;
 
     private static final int INET6_ADDR_LENGTH = 16;