diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/view/AbstractMvcView.java b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/view/AbstractMvcView.java
index d6801d89..11fe9445 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/view/AbstractMvcView.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/mvc/view/AbstractMvcView.java
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMvcView implements View {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private MessageResolver createMessageResolver(MappingResult error) {
+	protected MessageResolver createMessageResolver(MappingResult error) {
 		String model = getModelExpression().getExpressionString();
 		String field = error.getMapping().getTargetExpression().getExpressionString();
 		Class<?> fieldType = error.getMapping().getTargetExpression().getValueType(getModelObject());