diff --git a/lib/rex/socket/range_walker.rb b/lib/rex/socket/range_walker.rb
index 8d2c4cef5e..7576aea23e 100644
--- a/lib/rex/socket/range_walker.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/socket/range_walker.rb
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ class RangeWalker
 	# for backwards compatibility
 	alias :num_ips :length
 
-private
 	attr_reader :ranges
 
 end