diff --git a/core/modules/layout_builder/src/Entity/LayoutBuilderEntityViewDisplay.php b/core/modules/layout_builder/src/Entity/LayoutBuilderEntityViewDisplay.php
index 96e2e055bf..df1fdebfc3 100644
--- a/core/modules/layout_builder/src/Entity/LayoutBuilderEntityViewDisplay.php
+++ b/core/modules/layout_builder/src/Entity/LayoutBuilderEntityViewDisplay.php
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ public function buildMultiple(array $entities) {
    * @return array
    *   The render array representing the sections of the entity.
    */
-  private function buildSections(FieldableEntityInterface $entity) {
+  final protected function buildSections(FieldableEntityInterface $entity) {
     $contexts = $this->getContextsForEntity($entity);
     // @todo Remove in https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3018782.
     $label = new TranslatableMarkup('@entity being viewed', [
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ protected function getContextsForEntity(FieldableEntityInterface $entity) {
    */
   protected function getRuntimeSections(FieldableEntityInterface $entity, RefinableCacheableDependencyInterface &$cacheability = NULL, array &$contexts = []) {
     @trigger_error('\Drupal\layout_builder\Entity\LayoutBuilderEntityViewDisplay::getRuntimeSections() is deprecated in Drupal 8.7.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. \Drupal\layout_builder\SectionStorage\SectionStorageManagerInterface::findByContext() should be used instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/3022574.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
-    // For backwards compatibility mirror the functionality of ::buildSections()
+    // For backwards compatibility, mimic the functionality of ::buildSections()
     // by constructing a cacheable metadata object and retrieving the
     // entity-based contexts.
     if (!$cacheability) {