diff --git a/dune/gfe/mixedgfeassembler.hh b/dune/gfe/mixedgfeassembler.hh
index 154f5300088a97fd39f2aad7e40e6da0b6c7bab1..2cd87af561b0a65813941a8ced4779eedfde5ab3 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/mixedgfeassembler.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/mixedgfeassembler.hh
@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ class MixedGFEAssembler {
     typedef Dune::BCRSMatrix<Dune::FieldMatrix<double, blocksize1, blocksize0> > MatrixBlock10;
     typedef Dune::BCRSMatrix<Dune::FieldMatrix<double, blocksize1, blocksize1> > MatrixBlock11;
 
+public:
     typedef Dune::MultiTypeBlockMatrix<Dune::MultiTypeBlockVector<MatrixBlock00,MatrixBlock01>,
                                        Dune::MultiTypeBlockVector<MatrixBlock10,MatrixBlock11> > MatrixType;
-
-protected:
-public:
     const Basis basis_;
 
     MixedLocalGeodesicFEStiffness<Basis,