diff --git a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/kstream/Printed.java b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/kstream/Printed.java
index bdea27bef54..d3db0877eec 100644
--- a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/kstream/Printed.java
+++ b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/kstream/Printed.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class Printed<K, V> {
      * Copy constructor.
      * @param printed   instance of {@link Printed} to copy
      */
-    public Printed(final Printed<K, V> printed) {
+    protected Printed(final Printed<K, V> printed) {
         this.printWriter = printed.printWriter;
         this.label = printed.label;
         this.mapper = printed.mapper;