1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/shim/sl/canonical/ArmnnDevice.hpp b/shim/sl/canonical/ArmnnDevice.hpp
index 9597bfc013..93109696f7 100644
--- a/shim/sl/canonical/ArmnnDevice.hpp
+++ b/shim/sl/canonical/ArmnnDevice.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright © 2022 Arm Ltd and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright © 2022-2023 Arm Ltd and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 //
 
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ namespace armnn_driver
 
 class ArmnnDevice
 {
+friend class ArmnnDriver;
 
-protected:
+public:
     ArmnnDevice(DriverOptions options);
-    virtual ~ArmnnDevice() {}
-
+    ~ArmnnDevice() {}
 protected:
     armnn::IRuntimePtr m_Runtime;
     armnn::IGpuAccTunedParametersPtr m_ClTunedParameters;