diff --git a/package/CHANGELOG b/package/CHANGELOG
index 36e4ef5f723..73f3bec6d35 100644
--- a/package/CHANGELOG
+++ b/package/CHANGELOG
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The rules for this file:
   * release numbers follow "Semantic Versioning" http://semver.org
 
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-??/??/16 kain88-de, jdetle, fiona-naughton, richardjgowers, tyler.je.reddy
+??/??/16 kain88-de, fiona-naughton, richardjgowers, tyler.je.reddy, jdetle
 
   * 0.15.1
 
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ Fixes
   * SingleFrameReader now raises StopIteration instead of IOError on calling
     next (Issue #869)
   * Display of Deprecation warnings doesn't affect other modules anymore (Issue #754)
-
+  * Removed call to protected process_selection function in RMSD
+  
 Changes
   * Added protected variable _frame_index to to keep track of frame iteration
     number in AnalysisBase
diff --git a/package/MDAnalysis/analysis/rms.py b/package/MDAnalysis/analysis/rms.py
index 668a8e7ea0d..5060f2dbe40 100644
--- a/package/MDAnalysis/analysis/rms.py
+++ b/package/MDAnalysis/analysis/rms.py
@@ -338,9 +338,9 @@ def __init__(self, traj, reference=None, select='all',
             self.reference = self.universe
         else:
             self.reference = reference
-        self.select = _process_selection(select)
+        self.select = process_selection(select)
         if groupselections is not None:
-            self.groupselections = [_process_selection(s) for s in groupselections]
+            self.groupselections = [process_selection(s) for s in groupselections]
         else:
             self.groupselections = []
         self.mass_weighted = mass_weighted