diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/inmemory_layer.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/inmemory_layer.rs
index d3ec78887d..a2bf6a7695 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/inmemory_layer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/inmemory_layer.rs
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ impl InMemoryLayer {
     /// Write this frozen in-memory layer to disk.
     ///
     /// Returns a new delta layer with all the same data as this in-memory layer
-    pub async fn write_to_disk(&self) -> Result<DeltaLayer> {
+    pub(crate) async fn write_to_disk(&self) -> Result<DeltaLayer> {
         // Grab the lock in read-mode. We hold it over the I/O, but because this
         // layer is not writeable anymore, no one should be trying to acquire the
         // write lock on it, so we shouldn't block anyone. There's one exception