diff --git a/browser/tabmodel/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/tabmodel/BraveTabGroupModelFilter.java b/browser/tabmodel/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/tabmodel/BraveTabGroupModelFilter.java
index 8ff6a37f826..32af2b09269 100644
--- a/browser/tabmodel/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/tabmodel/BraveTabGroupModelFilter.java
+++ b/browser/tabmodel/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/tabmodel/BraveTabGroupModelFilter.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class BraveTabGroupModelFilter {
 
     /** Call from {@link TabGroupModelFilterImpl} will be redirected here via bytecode. */
     @SuppressWarnings("UnusedMethod")
-    private boolean shouldGroupWithParent(Tab tab, @Nullable Tab parentTab) {
+    protected boolean shouldGroupWithParent(Tab tab, @Nullable Tab parentTab) {
         if (linkClicked(tab.getLaunchType())
                 && ChromeSharedPreferences.getInstance()
                         .readBoolean(