diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/MongoRepositoryFactoryBean.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/MongoRepositoryFactoryBean.java
index ade85d311..8f156bdee 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/MongoRepositoryFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/MongoRepositoryFactoryBean.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class MongoRepositoryFactoryBean<T extends Repository<S, ID>, S, ID exten
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactoryBeanSupport#setMappingContext(org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext)
 	 */
 	@Override
-	protected void setMappingContext(MappingContext<?, ?> mappingContext) {
+	public void setMappingContext(MappingContext<?, ?> mappingContext) {
 
 		super.setMappingContext(mappingContext);
 		this.mappingContextConfigured = true;
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/ReactiveMongoRepositoryFactoryBean.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/ReactiveMongoRepositoryFactoryBean.java
index 4e8232714..6536983a7 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/ReactiveMongoRepositoryFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/ReactiveMongoRepositoryFactoryBean.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class ReactiveMongoRepositoryFactoryBean<T extends Repository<S, ID>, S,
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactoryBeanSupport#setMappingContext(org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext)
 	 */
 	@Override
-	protected void setMappingContext(MappingContext<?, ?> mappingContext) {
+	public void setMappingContext(MappingContext<?, ?> mappingContext) {
 
 		super.setMappingContext(mappingContext);
 		this.mappingContextConfigured = true;