diff --git a/mina-core/src/main/java/org/apache/mina/transport/socket/nio/NioDatagramSession.java b/mina-core/src/main/java/org/apache/mina/transport/socket/nio/NioDatagramSession.java
index 180ddfcb8..22068f68b 100644
--- a/mina-core/src/main/java/org/apache/mina/transport/socket/nio/NioDatagramSession.java
+++ b/mina-core/src/main/java/org/apache/mina/transport/socket/nio/NioDatagramSession.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public DatagramSessionConfig getConfig() {
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
     @Override
-    DatagramChannel getChannel() {
+    public DatagramChannel getChannel() {
         return (DatagramChannel) channel;
     }
 
diff --git a/mina-core/src/main/java/org/apache/mina/transport/socket/nio/NioSession.java b/mina-core/src/main/java/org/apache/mina/transport/socket/nio/NioSession.java
index 97245cfc6..08229e418 100644
--- a/mina-core/src/main/java/org/apache/mina/transport/socket/nio/NioSession.java
+++ b/mina-core/src/main/java/org/apache/mina/transport/socket/nio/NioSession.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ protected NioSession(IoProcessor<NioSession> processor, IoService service, Chann
     /**
      * @return The ByteChannel associated with this {@link IoSession} 
      */
-    abstract ByteChannel getChannel();
+    public abstract ByteChannel getChannel();
 
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
diff --git a/mina-core/src/main/java/org/apache/mina/transport/socket/nio/NioSocketSession.java b/mina-core/src/main/java/org/apache/mina/transport/socket/nio/NioSocketSession.java
index 69e1cc104..82f7ea606 100644
--- a/mina-core/src/main/java/org/apache/mina/transport/socket/nio/NioSocketSession.java
+++ b/mina-core/src/main/java/org/apache/mina/transport/socket/nio/NioSocketSession.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public SocketSessionConfig getConfig() {
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
     @Override
-    SocketChannel getChannel() {
+    public SocketChannel getChannel() {
         return (SocketChannel) channel;
     }