diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
index fe5fedd59..cb7089670 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public class LatinIME extends InputMethodService implements KeyboardActionListen
     private SuggestionStripView mSuggestionStripView;
     // Never null
     private SuggestedWords mSuggestedWords = SuggestedWords.EMPTY;
-    @UsedForTesting Suggest mSuggest;
+    private Suggest mSuggest;
     private CompletionInfo[] mApplicationSpecifiedCompletions;
     private AppWorkaroundsUtils mAppWorkAroundsUtils = new AppWorkaroundsUtils();
 
@@ -2241,7 +2241,8 @@ public class LatinIME extends InputMethodService implements KeyboardActionListen
 
     private SuggestedWords getSuggestedWords(final int sessionId) {
         final Keyboard keyboard = mKeyboardSwitcher.getKeyboard();
-        if (keyboard == null || mSuggest == null) {
+        final Suggest suggest = mSuggest;
+        if (keyboard == null || suggest == null) {
             return SuggestedWords.EMPTY;
         }
         // Get the word on which we should search the bigrams. If we are composing a word, it's
@@ -2251,7 +2252,7 @@ public class LatinIME extends InputMethodService implements KeyboardActionListen
         final String prevWord =
                 mConnection.getNthPreviousWord(mSettings.getCurrent().mWordSeparators,
                 mWordComposer.isComposingWord() ? 2 : 1);
-        return mSuggest.getSuggestedWords(mWordComposer, prevWord, keyboard.getProximityInfo(),
+        return suggest.getSuggestedWords(mWordComposer, prevWord, keyboard.getProximityInfo(),
                 mSettings.getBlockPotentiallyOffensive(),
                 mSettings.getCurrent().mCorrectionEnabled, sessionId);
     }
@@ -2855,6 +2856,18 @@ public class LatinIME extends InputMethodService implements KeyboardActionListen
         return mSuggestedWords.size() > 0 ? mSuggestedWords.getWord(0) : null;
     }
 
+    // DO NOT USE THIS for any other purpose than testing. This is information private to LatinIME.
+    @UsedForTesting
+    /* package for test */ boolean isCurrentlyWaitingForMainDictionary() {
+        return mSuggest.isCurrentlyWaitingForMainDictionary();
+    }
+
+    // DO NOT USE THIS for any other purpose than testing. This is information private to LatinIME.
+    @UsedForTesting
+    /* package for test */ boolean hasMainDictionary() {
+        return mSuggest.hasMainDictionary();
+    }
+
     public void debugDumpStateAndCrashWithException(final String context) {
         final StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder(mAppWorkAroundsUtils.toString());
         s.append("\nAttributes : ").append(mSettings.getCurrent().mInputAttributes)
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/InputTestsBase.java b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/InputTestsBase.java
index d1ce104b4..eb4f706cc 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/InputTestsBase.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/InputTestsBase.java
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public class InputTestsBase extends ServiceTestCase<LatinIMEForTests> {
 
     protected void waitForDictionaryToBeLoaded() {
         int remainingAttempts = 300;
-        while (remainingAttempts > 0 && mLatinIME.mSuggest.isCurrentlyWaitingForMainDictionary()) {
+        while (remainingAttempts > 0 && mLatinIME.isCurrentlyWaitingForMainDictionary()) {
             try {
                 Thread.sleep(200);
             } catch (InterruptedException e) {
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ public class InputTestsBase extends ServiceTestCase<LatinIMEForTests> {
                 --remainingAttempts;
             }
         }
-        if (!mLatinIME.mSuggest.hasMainDictionary()) {
+        if (!mLatinIME.hasMainDictionary()) {
             throw new RuntimeException("Can't initialize the main dictionary");
         }
     }