diff --git a/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs b/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
index 5df1d835b248a3..bae4526cf539ef 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
@@ -3979,9 +3979,8 @@ impl AccountsDb {
         }
     }
 
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
-    #[cfg_attr(feature = "dev-context-only-utils", qualifiers(pub))]
-    fn set_storage_access(&mut self, storage_access: StorageAccess) {
+    #[cfg(feature = "dev-context-only-utils")]
+    pub fn set_storage_access(&mut self, storage_access: StorageAccess) {
         self.storage_access = storage_access;
     }