diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterDoSThrottle.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterDoSThrottle.java
index 5f49206bb5787e1617c238d3183c5658e2db7827..4c6e1d156bc53586d61cf11e2958043bd5a9b7ca 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterDoSThrottle.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterDoSThrottle.java
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ class RouterDoSThrottle extends RouterThrottleImpl {
         if (!shouldAccept) return false;
         
         // now lets check for DoS
-        long now = getContext().clock().now();
+        long now = _context.clock().now();
         if (_currentLookupPeriod + LOOKUP_THROTTLE_PERIOD > now) {
             // same period, check for DoS
             _currentLookupCount++;
             if (_currentLookupCount >= LOOKUP_THROTTLE_MAX) {
-                getContext().statManager().addRateData("router.throttleNetDbDoS", _currentLookupCount, 0);
-                int rand = getContext().random().nextInt(_currentLookupCount);
+                _context.statManager().addRateData("router.throttleNetDbDoS", _currentLookupCount, 0);
+                int rand = _context.random().nextInt(_currentLookupCount);
                 if (rand > LOOKUP_THROTTLE_MAX) {
                     return false;
                 } else {
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterThrottleImpl.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterThrottleImpl.java
index 52e99ad32557858ec834c92b36d24f12616e55a0..ef30690505ba6cdf610f7690e4304f0a7d9e5a46 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterThrottleImpl.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterThrottleImpl.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import net.i2p.util.SimpleTimer;
  *
  */
 class RouterThrottleImpl implements RouterThrottle {
-    private final RouterContext _context;
+    protected final RouterContext _context;
     private final Log _log;
     private String _tunnelStatus;
     
@@ -538,8 +538,6 @@ class RouterThrottleImpl implements RouterThrottle {
         _tunnelStatus = msg;
     }
 
-    protected RouterContext getContext() { return _context; }
-
     /**
      *  Mark a string for extraction by xgettext and translation.
      *  Use this only in static initializers.