diff --git a/eZ/Publish/Core/Limitation/SiteAccessLimitationType.php b/eZ/Publish/Core/Limitation/SiteAccessLimitationType.php
index 6a08644310..7c616a7b09 100644
--- a/eZ/Publish/Core/Limitation/SiteAccessLimitationType.php
+++ b/eZ/Publish/Core/Limitation/SiteAccessLimitationType.php
@@ -32,12 +32,8 @@ public function __construct(
 
     /**
      * Generates the SiteAccess value as CRC32.
-     *
-     * @param string $sa
-     *
-     * @return string
      */
-    private function generateSiteAccessValue($sa)
+    public function generateSiteAccessValue(string $sa): string
     {
         return sprintf('%u', crc32($sa));
     }
diff --git a/eZ/Publish/Core/Limitation/Tests/SiteAccessLimitationTypeTest.php b/eZ/Publish/Core/Limitation/Tests/SiteAccessLimitationTypeTest.php
index 4f6b152d39..30af420f04 100644
--- a/eZ/Publish/Core/Limitation/Tests/SiteAccessLimitationTypeTest.php
+++ b/eZ/Publish/Core/Limitation/Tests/SiteAccessLimitationTypeTest.php
@@ -297,4 +297,14 @@ public function testValueSchema(SiteAccessLimitationType $limitationType)
     {
         self::markTestSkipped('Method valueSchema() is not implemented');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @depends testConstruct
+     */
+    public function testGenerateSiteAccessValue(SiteAccessLimitationType $limitationType): void
+    {
+        self::assertSame('341347141', $limitationType->generateSiteAccessValue('ger'));
+        self::assertSame('2582995467', $limitationType->generateSiteAccessValue('eng'));
+        self::assertSame('1817462202', $limitationType->generateSiteAccessValue('behat_site'));
+    }
 }