diff --git a/entity.test b/entity.test
index f23da87..5b74105 100644
--- a/entity.test
+++ b/entity.test
@@ -759,15 +759,8 @@ class EntityMetadataTestCase extends EntityWebTestCase {
     node_save($node);
 
     $wrapper = entity_metadata_wrapper('node', $node);
-    // Get body's EntityValueWrapper and assert the type is correct.
-    $body_value = $wrapper->body->value;
-    $this->assertEqual('EntityValueWrapper', get_class($body_value), 'Body value is a an EntityValueWrapper type.');
-
-    // Test the value wrappers methods on empty values.
-    $this->assertEqual('Empty Calories', $wrapper->title->value(), 'Getting a title value.');
-    $this->assertEqual('', $body_value->value(), "Getting empty processed value.");
-    $this->assertEqual('', $body_value->value(array('decode' => TRUE)), "Empty Decoded value.");
-    $this->assertEqual('', $body_value->raw(), "Raw empty body returned.");
+    // Show that dataAvailable() returns false
+    $this->assertFalse($wrapper->body->value->dataAvailable(), 'Body data is not available.');
 
     $title = '<b>Is it bold?<b>';
     $body[LANGUAGE_NONE][0] = array('value' => '<b>The body & nothing.</b>', 'summary' => '<b>The body.</b>');
diff --git a/includes/entity.wrapper.inc b/includes/entity.wrapper.inc
index 06b89ad..7e5f9f4 100644
--- a/includes/entity.wrapper.inc
+++ b/includes/entity.wrapper.inc
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ abstract class EntityMetadataWrapper {
    * @return
    *   If we operate without any data FALSE, else TRUE.
    */
-  protected function dataAvailable() {
+  public function dataAvailable() {
     return isset($this->data) || (isset($this->info['parent']) && $this->info['parent']->dataAvailable());
   }