diff --git a/Packets/ListParser.hh b/Packets/ListParser.hh
index 8807578ed0217016cb1450891e082a42b5dcea05..7986f36f88d16cbad24cb0add2640a16b7b12e4f 100644
--- a/Packets/ListParser.hh
+++ b/Packets/ListParser.hh
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ namespace senf {
         \ingroup packetparsermacros
      */
 #   define SENF_PARSER_PRIVATE_LIST(name, size, elt_type) \
-        SENF_PARSER_LIST_I(private, name, size, elt_type)
+        SENF_PARSER_LIST_I(protected, name, size, elt_type)
 
 }
 
diff --git a/Packets/ParseHelpers.ih b/Packets/ParseHelpers.ih
index a4d1cd90142430797ecd954505e4008fe7401ab6..4053ba375d745723ee41ac447758e1d1a3072572 100644
--- a/Packets/ParseHelpers.ih
+++ b/Packets/ParseHelpers.ih
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@
 # define SENF_PARSER_FIELD_fix(name, type)    SENF_PARSER_FIELD_I(name, type, fix, rw, public)
 # define SENF_PARSER_FIELD_RO_fix(name, type) SENF_PARSER_FIELD_I(name, type, fix, ro, public)
 #
-# define SENF_PARSER_P_FIELD_var(name, type)    SENF_PARSER_FIELD_I(name, type, var, rw, private)
-# define SENF_PARSER_P_FIELD_fix(name, type)    SENF_PARSER_FIELD_I(name, type, fix, rw, private)
+# define SENF_PARSER_P_FIELD_var(name, type)    SENF_PARSER_FIELD_I(name, type, var, rw, protected)
+# define SENF_PARSER_P_FIELD_fix(name, type)    SENF_PARSER_FIELD_I(name, type, fix, rw, protected)
 #
 # define SENF_PARSER_FIELD_I(name, type, ofstype, rwtype, access)                                 \
     access:                                                                                       \
@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@
       SENF_PARSER_BITFIELD_I(name, bits, type, fix, ro, public)
 #
 # define SENF_PARSER_P_BITFIELD_var(name, bits, type)                                             \
-      SENF_PARSER_BITFIELD_I(name, bits, type, var, rw, private)
+      SENF_PARSER_BITFIELD_I(name, bits, type, var, rw, protected)
 # define SENF_PARSER_P_BITFIELD_fix(name, bits, type)                                             \
-      SENF_PARSER_BITFIELD_I(name, bits, type, fix, rw, private)
+      SENF_PARSER_BITFIELD_I(name, bits, type, fix, rw, protected)
 #
 # ////////////////////////////////////////
 # // SENF_PARSER_BITFIELD_I
diff --git a/Packets/VariantParser.hh b/Packets/VariantParser.hh
index 17b0ca414445dfeaebcbb89ead5bde5424f04799..24f0097fe16da8debcbecc41f1aa12e8c1344c3c 100644
--- a/Packets/VariantParser.hh
+++ b/Packets/VariantParser.hh
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ namespace senf {
         \ingroup packetparsermacros
      */
 #   define SENF_PARSER_PRIVATE_VARIANT(name, chooser, types) \
-        SENF_PARSER_VARIANT_I(private, name, chooser, types)
+        SENF_PARSER_VARIANT_I(protected, name, chooser, types)
 }
 
 ///////////////////////////////hh.e////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/Packets/VectorParser.hh b/Packets/VectorParser.hh
index db9e0de2c015adc79658c8c584caa848a65a2e50..12c599b25a856079c1faff99540545e13ad25397 100644
--- a/Packets/VectorParser.hh
+++ b/Packets/VectorParser.hh
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ namespace senf {
         \ingroup packetparsermacros
      */
 #   define SENF_PARSER_PRIVATE_VECTOR(name, size, elt_type) \
-        SENF_PARSER_VECTOR_I(private, name, size, elt_type)
+        SENF_PARSER_VECTOR_I(protected, name, size, elt_type)
 }
 
 ///////////////////////////////hh.e////////////////////////////////////////