diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/Keyspace.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/Keyspace.java
index cfae05cd39..2fe9197a50 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/Keyspace.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/Keyspace.java
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ public class Keyspace
 
     public final KeyspaceMetrics metric;
 
+    public final KeyspaceMetrics metric;
+
     // It is possible to call Keyspace.open without a running daemon, so it makes sense to ensure
     // proper directories here as well as in CassandraDaemon.
     static