diff --git a/projects/clr/hipamd/include/hip/amd_detail/amd_hip_bf16.h b/projects/clr/hipamd/include/hip/amd_detail/amd_hip_bf16.h
index 193ca9174b..cfaa5412a3 100644
--- a/projects/clr/hipamd/include/hip/amd_detail/amd_hip_bf16.h
+++ b/projects/clr/hipamd/include/hip/amd_detail/amd_hip_bf16.h
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ struct __attribute__((aligned(2))) __hip_bfloat16 {
  * @{
  */
 struct __attribute__((aligned(4))) __hip_bfloat162 {
- protected:
+ public:
   __hip_bfloat16 x; /*! \brief raw representation of bfloat16 */
   __hip_bfloat16 y; /*! \brief raw representation of bfloat16 */