diff --git a/chainio/txmgr/geometric/geometric_test.go b/chainio/txmgr/geometric/geometric_test.go
index fefc792d..ff382405 100644
--- a/chainio/txmgr/geometric/geometric_test.go
+++ b/chainio/txmgr/geometric/geometric_test.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TestGeometricTxManager(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("Send 1 tx to congested network", func(t *testing.T) {
 		h := newTestHarness(t)
-		h.fakeEthBackend.congestedBlocks = 3
+		h.fakeEthBackend.setCongestedBlocks(3)
 		h.txmgr.params.TxnConfirmationTimeout = 1 * time.Second
 
 		unsignedTx := newUnsignedEthTransferTx(0, nil)
@@ -251,6 +251,13 @@ func (s *fakeEthBackend) startMining() {
 	}()
 }
 
+func (s *fakeEthBackend) setCongestedBlocks(n uint64) {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	s.congestedBlocks = n
+
+}
+
 func (s *fakeEthBackend) BlockNumber(context.Context) (uint64, error) {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()