diff --git a/src/arch/arm/freebsd/process.hh b/src/arch/arm/freebsd/process.hh
index ac0092e9f1..d52512a014 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/freebsd/process.hh
+++ b/src/arch/arm/freebsd/process.hh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 class ArmFreebsdProcessBits
 {
-  protected:
+  public:
     struct SyscallABI {};
 };
 
diff --git a/src/arch/arm/linux/process.hh b/src/arch/arm/linux/process.hh
index 0662d9f609..0c15c2802e 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/linux/process.hh
+++ b/src/arch/arm/linux/process.hh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-* Copyright (c) 2011-2012 ARM Limited
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2012 ARM Limited
  * All rights reserved
  *
  * The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 class ArmLinuxProcessBits
 {
-  protected:
+  public:
     struct SyscallABI {};
 };