diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/GuardrailsOptions.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/GuardrailsOptions.java
index 54b88b6926..e8c82dacd9 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/GuardrailsOptions.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/GuardrailsOptions.java
@@ -996,12 +996,13 @@ public class GuardrailsOptions implements GuardrailsConfig
                                   x -> config.data_disk_usage_percentage_fail_threshold = x);
     }
 
-
+    @Override
     public boolean getDataDiskUsageKeyspaceWideProtectionEnabled()
     {
         return config.data_disk_usage_keyspace_wide_protection_enabled;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void setDataDiskUsageKeyspaceWideProtectionEnabled(boolean enabled)
     {
         updatePropertyWithLogging("data_disk_usage_keyspace_wide_protection_enabled",
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/guardrails/GuardrailsConfig.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/guardrails/GuardrailsConfig.java
index c0ff7b34fe..b77a31ff42 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/guardrails/GuardrailsConfig.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/guardrails/GuardrailsConfig.java
@@ -436,6 +436,19 @@ public interface GuardrailsConfig
      */
     int getDataDiskUsagePercentageFailThreshold();
 
+    /**
+     * @return Whether a single node replicating a given keyspace being full should block writes for the entire
+     * keyspace. Returns {@code true} if this behavior is enabled, {@code false} otherwise.
+     */
+    boolean getDataDiskUsageKeyspaceWideProtectionEnabled();
+
+    /**
+     * Enables or disables blocking writes for a keyspace when any node replicating that keyspace is full.
+     *
+     * @param enabled {@code true} to block writes keyspace-wide once a replica is full, {@code false} to disable.
+     */
+    void setDataDiskUsageKeyspaceWideProtectionEnabled(boolean enabled);
+
     /**
      * @return The max disk size of the data directories when calculating disk usage thresholds, {@code null} means
      * disabled.