diff --git a/datapoollocal/LocalPoolDataSetBase.h b/datapoollocal/LocalPoolDataSetBase.h
index 404509ae..b9946aaf 100644
--- a/datapoollocal/LocalPoolDataSetBase.h
+++ b/datapoollocal/LocalPoolDataSetBase.h
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ public:
 
     object_id_t getCreatorObjectId();
 
+    bool getReportingEnabled() const;
+
 protected:
     sid_t sid;
     //! This mutex is used if the data is created by one object only.
@@ -180,7 +182,6 @@ protected:
      */
     bool reportingEnabled = false;
     void setReportingEnabled(bool enabled);
-    bool getReportingEnabled() const;
 
     void initializePeriodicHelper(float collectionInterval,
             dur_millis_t minimumPeriodicInterval,
diff --git a/unittest/tests/datapoollocal/DataSetTest.cpp b/unittest/tests/datapoollocal/DataSetTest.cpp
index 920bbda2..101116cb 100644
--- a/unittest/tests/datapoollocal/DataSetTest.cpp
+++ b/unittest/tests/datapoollocal/DataSetTest.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ TEST_CASE("LocalDataSet" , "[LocDataSetTest]") {
 
     SECTION("BasicTest") {
         /* Test some basic functions */
+        CHECK(localSet.getReportingEnabled() == false);
         CHECK(localSet.getLocalPoolIdsSerializedSize(false) == 3 * sizeof(lp_id_t));
         CHECK(localSet.getLocalPoolIdsSerializedSize(true) ==
                 3 * sizeof(lp_id_t) + sizeof(uint8_t));