2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/ProtocolBuffers/ExtensionRegistry.cs b/src/ProtocolBuffers/ExtensionRegistry.cs
index 02cd4631..32408b09 100644
--- a/src/ProtocolBuffers/ExtensionRegistry.cs
+++ b/src/ProtocolBuffers/ExtensionRegistry.cs
@@ -119,9 +119,12 @@ namespace Google.ProtocolBuffers {
       get { return empty; }
     }
 
-    public override ExtensionRegistryLite AsReadOnly() {
+    public new ExtensionRegistry AsReadOnly() {
       return new ExtensionRegistry(extensionsByName, extensionsByNumber, true);
     }
+    protected override ExtensionRegistryLite MakeReadOnly() {
+      return AsReadOnly();
+    }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Finds an extension by fully-qualified field name, in the
diff --git a/src/ProtocolBuffers/ExtensionRegistryLite.cs b/src/ProtocolBuffers/ExtensionRegistryLite.cs
index 693aeb2c..b0548235 100644
--- a/src/ProtocolBuffers/ExtensionRegistryLite.cs
+++ b/src/ProtocolBuffers/ExtensionRegistryLite.cs
@@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ namespace Google.ProtocolBuffers {
       get { return empty; }
     }
 
-    public virtual ExtensionRegistryLite AsReadOnly() {
+    public ExtensionRegistryLite AsReadOnly() {
+      return MakeReadOnly();
+    }
+
+    protected virtual ExtensionRegistryLite MakeReadOnly() {
       return new ExtensionRegistryLite(extensionsByNumber, true);
     }