diff --git a/gcloud-java-compute/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/compute/ComputeException.java b/gcloud-java-compute/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/compute/ComputeException.java
index e63d61f2792d..c6e7ef734442 100644
--- a/gcloud-java-compute/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/compute/ComputeException.java
+++ b/gcloud-java-compute/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/compute/ComputeException.java
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ public class ComputeException extends BaseServiceException {
   private static final Set<Error> RETRYABLE_ERRORS = ImmutableSet.of(new Error(500, null));
   private static final long serialVersionUID = -8039359778707845810L;
 
-  public ComputeException(int code, String message) {
+  ComputeException(int code, String message) {
     super(code, message, null, true, null);
   }
 
-  private ComputeException(int code, String message, Throwable cause) {
+  ComputeException(int code, String message, Throwable cause) {
     super(code, message, null, true, cause);
   }
 
diff --git a/gcloud-java-compute/src/test/java/com/google/gcloud/compute/ComputeExceptionTest.java b/gcloud-java-compute/src/test/java/com/google/gcloud/compute/ComputeExceptionTest.java
index 995be7841624..f98bfa150d8c 100644
--- a/gcloud-java-compute/src/test/java/com/google/gcloud/compute/ComputeExceptionTest.java
+++ b/gcloud-java-compute/src/test/java/com/google/gcloud/compute/ComputeExceptionTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import com.google.gcloud.BaseServiceException;
@@ -57,7 +58,15 @@ public void testResourceManagerException() {
     assertNull(exception.getMessage());
     assertTrue(exception.retryable());
     assertTrue(exception.idempotent());
-    assertEquals(cause, exception.getCause());
+    assertSame(cause, exception.getCause());
+
+    exception = new ComputeException(403, "message", cause);
+    assertEquals(403, exception.code());
+    assertEquals("message", exception.getMessage());
+    assertNull(exception.reason());
+    assertFalse(exception.retryable());
+    assertTrue(exception.idempotent());
+    assertSame(cause, exception.getCause());
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -88,7 +97,7 @@ public void testTranslateAndThrow() throws Exception {
       assertEquals("message", ex.getMessage());
       assertFalse(ex.retryable());
       assertTrue(ex.idempotent());
-      assertEquals(cause, ex.getCause());
+      assertSame(cause, ex.getCause());
     } finally {
       verify(exceptionMock);
     }