diff --git a/packages/blaze/view.js b/packages/blaze/view.js
index 041be57122..92552d009b 100644
--- a/packages/blaze/view.js
+++ b/packages/blaze/view.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Blaze.View = function (name, render) {
   this.isCreated = false;
   this._isCreatedForExpansion = false;
   this.isRendered = false;
-  this.isAttached = false;
+  this._isAttached = false;
   this.isDestroyed = false;
   this._isInRender = false;
   this.parentView = null;
@@ -168,14 +168,14 @@ Blaze.View.prototype.autorun = function (f, _inViewScope) {
 };
 
 Blaze.View.prototype.firstNode = function () {
-  if (! this.isAttached)
+  if (! this._isAttached)
     throw new Error("View must be attached before accessing its DOM");
 
   return this._domrange.firstNode();
 };
 
 Blaze.View.prototype.lastNode = function () {
-  if (! this.isAttached)
+  if (! this._isAttached)
     throw new Error("View must be attached before accessing its DOM");
 
   return this._domrange.lastNode();
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ Blaze._materializeView = function (view, parentView) {
     var teardownHook = null;
 
     domrange.onAttached(function attached(range, element) {
-      view.isAttached = true;
+      view._isAttached = true;
 
       teardownHook = Blaze._DOMBackend.Teardown.onElementTeardown(
         element, function teardown() {
diff --git a/packages/blaze/view_tests.js b/packages/blaze/view_tests.js
index 58a361a80f..d80bd9cd9d 100644
--- a/packages/blaze/view_tests.js
+++ b/packages/blaze/view_tests.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if (Meteor.isClient) {
 
     var div = document.createElement("DIV");
     test.isFalse(v.isRendered);
-    test.isFalse(v.isAttached);
+    test.isFalse(v._isAttached);
     test.equal(canonicalizeHtml(div.innerHTML), "");
     test.throws(function () { v.firstNode(); }, /View must be attached/);
     test.throws(function () { v.lastNode(); }, /View must be attached/);
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if (Meteor.isClient) {
     test.equal(typeof (v.firstNode().nodeType), "number");
     test.equal(typeof (v.lastNode().nodeType), "number");
     test.isTrue(v.isRendered);
-    test.isTrue(v.isAttached);
+    test.isTrue(v._isAttached);
     test.equal(buf, 'c0r1');
     test.equal(canonicalizeHtml(div.innerHTML), "foo");
     Deps.flush();