diff --git a/gfx/layers/FrameMetrics.h b/gfx/layers/FrameMetrics.h
index e1e8810c126b..49bb4215f78a 100644
--- a/gfx/layers/FrameMetrics.h
+++ b/gfx/layers/FrameMetrics.h
@@ -359,9 +359,6 @@ public:
   // Whether or not this frame may have touch listeners.
   bool mMayHaveTouchListeners;
 
-  // Whether or not this frame may have touch caret.
-  bool mMayHaveTouchCaret;
-
 public:
   void SetIsRoot(bool aIsRoot)
   {
@@ -530,10 +527,23 @@ public:
     mContentDescription = aContentDescription;
   }
 
+  bool GetMayHaveTouchCaret() const
+  {
+    return mMayHaveTouchCaret;
+  }
+
+  void SetMayHaveTouchCaret(bool aMayHaveTouchCaret)
+  {
+    mMayHaveTouchCaret = aMayHaveTouchCaret;
+  }
+
 private:
   // New fields from now on should be made private and old fields should
   // be refactored to be private.
 
+  // Whether or not this frame may have a touch caret.
+  bool mMayHaveTouchCaret;
+
   // Whether or not this is the root scroll frame for the root content document.
   bool mIsRoot;
 
diff --git a/gfx/layers/apz/src/AsyncPanZoomController.cpp b/gfx/layers/apz/src/AsyncPanZoomController.cpp
index edd7bd5d530e..fdf3e9fecd92 100644
--- a/gfx/layers/apz/src/AsyncPanZoomController.cpp
+++ b/gfx/layers/apz/src/AsyncPanZoomController.cpp
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ nsEventStatus AsyncPanZoomController::ReceiveInputEvent(const InputData& aEvent)
       block->GetOverscrollHandoffChain()->CancelAnimations();
     }
 
-    if (mFrameMetrics.mMayHaveTouchListeners || mFrameMetrics.mMayHaveTouchCaret) {
+    if (mFrameMetrics.mMayHaveTouchListeners || mFrameMetrics.GetMayHaveTouchCaret()) {
       // Content may intercept the touch events and prevent-default them. So we schedule
       // a timeout to give content time to do that.
       ScheduleContentResponseTimeout();
@@ -2677,7 +2677,7 @@ void AsyncPanZoomController::NotifyLayersUpdated(const FrameMetrics& aLayerMetri
   UpdateTransformScale();
 
   mFrameMetrics.mMayHaveTouchListeners = aLayerMetrics.mMayHaveTouchListeners;
-  mFrameMetrics.mMayHaveTouchCaret = aLayerMetrics.mMayHaveTouchCaret;
+  mFrameMetrics.SetMayHaveTouchCaret(aLayerMetrics.GetMayHaveTouchCaret());
   mFrameMetrics.SetScrollParentId(aLayerMetrics.GetScrollParentId());
   APZC_LOG_FM(aLayerMetrics, "%p got a NotifyLayersUpdated with aIsFirstPaint=%d", this, aIsFirstPaint);
 
diff --git a/layout/base/nsDisplayList.cpp b/layout/base/nsDisplayList.cpp
index e420e2863ae2..60b42e18c506 100644
--- a/layout/base/nsDisplayList.cpp
+++ b/layout/base/nsDisplayList.cpp
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ nsDisplayScrollLayer::ComputeFrameMetrics(nsIFrame* aForFrame,
         metrics.mMayHaveTouchListeners = innerWin->HasTouchEventListeners();
       }
     }
-    metrics.mMayHaveTouchCaret = presShell->MayHaveTouchCaret();
+    metrics.SetMayHaveTouchCaret(presShell->MayHaveTouchCaret());
   }
 
   LayoutDeviceToParentLayerScale layoutToParentLayerScale =