diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/lib/common/async_stream.h b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/lib/common/async_stream.h
index e9779e7558bec..ad9ad64be6f04 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/lib/common/async_stream.h
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfspp/lib/common/async_stream.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ typedef boost::asio::const_buffers_1   ConstBuffer;
 class AsyncStream  {
 public:
   using executor_type = boost::asio::system_executor;
-  executor_type executor_;
 
   virtual void async_read_some(const MutableBuffer &buf,
           std::function<void (const boost::system::error_code & error,
@@ -54,6 +53,10 @@ class AsyncStream  {
   executor_type get_executor() {
       return executor_;
   }
+
+private:
+  executor_type executor_;
+
 };
 
 }