diff --git url_request.h url_request.h
index c6ef160..11727b4 100644
--- url_request.h
+++ url_request.h
@@ -619,10 +619,10 @@ class NET_EXPORT URLRequest : NON_EXPORTED_BASE(public base::NonThreadSafe),
   // or after the response headers are received.
   void GetConnectionAttempts(ConnectionAttempts* out) const;
 
- protected:
   // Allow the URLRequestJob class to control the is_pending() flag.
   void set_is_pending(bool value) { is_pending_ = value; }
 
+ protected:
   // Allow the URLRequestJob class to set our status too
   void set_status(const URLRequestStatus& value) { status_ = value; }