diff --git a/javanano/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/nano/ExtendableMessageNano.java b/javanano/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/nano/ExtendableMessageNano.java
index aeacbbf3e1..87973d76f0 100644
--- a/javanano/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/nano/ExtendableMessageNano.java
+++ b/javanano/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/nano/ExtendableMessageNano.java
@@ -160,31 +160,6 @@ public abstract class ExtendableMessageNano<M extends ExtendableMessageNano<M>>
         return true;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns whether the stored unknown field data in this message is equivalent to that in the
-     * other message.
-     *
-     * @param other the other message.
-     * @return whether the two sets of unknown field data are equal.
-     */
-    protected final boolean unknownFieldDataEquals(M other) {
-        if (unknownFieldData == null || unknownFieldData.isEmpty()) {
-            return other.unknownFieldData == null || other.unknownFieldData.isEmpty();
-        } else {
-            return unknownFieldData.equals(other.unknownFieldData);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Computes the hashcode representing the unknown field data stored in this message.
-     *
-     * @return the hashcode for the unknown field data.
-     */
-    protected final int unknownFieldDataHashCode() {
-        return (unknownFieldData == null || unknownFieldData.isEmpty()
-                ? 0 : unknownFieldData.hashCode());
-    }
-
     @Override
     public M clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
         M cloned = (M) super.clone();
diff --git a/javanano/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/nano/FieldArray.java b/javanano/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/nano/FieldArray.java
index c2044f6a54..eca9c0d9c1 100644
--- a/javanano/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/nano/FieldArray.java
+++ b/javanano/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/nano/FieldArray.java
@@ -35,9 +35,12 @@ package com.google.protobuf.nano;
  * A custom version of {@link android.util.SparseArray} with the minimal API
  * for storing {@link FieldData} objects.
  *
+ * <p>This class is an internal implementation detail of nano and should not
+ * be called directly by clients.
+ *
  * Based on {@link android.support.v4.util.SpareArrayCompat}.
  */
-class FieldArray implements Cloneable {
+public final class FieldArray implements Cloneable {
     private static final FieldData DELETED = new FieldData();
     private boolean mGarbage = false;
 
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ class FieldArray implements Cloneable {
     /**
      * Creates a new FieldArray containing no fields.
      */
-    public FieldArray() {
+    FieldArray() {
         this(10);
     }
 
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ class FieldArray implements Cloneable {
      * require any additional memory allocation to store the specified
      * number of mappings.
      */
-    public FieldArray(int initialCapacity) {
+    FieldArray(int initialCapacity) {
         initialCapacity = idealIntArraySize(initialCapacity);
         mFieldNumbers = new int[initialCapacity];
         mData = new FieldData[initialCapacity];
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ class FieldArray implements Cloneable {
      * Gets the FieldData mapped from the specified fieldNumber, or <code>null</code>
      * if no such mapping has been made.
      */
-    public FieldData get(int fieldNumber) {
+    FieldData get(int fieldNumber) {
         int i = binarySearch(fieldNumber);
 
         if (i < 0 || mData[i] == DELETED) {
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ class FieldArray implements Cloneable {
     /**
      * Removes the data from the specified fieldNumber, if there was any.
      */
-    public void remove(int fieldNumber) {
+    void remove(int fieldNumber) {
         int i = binarySearch(fieldNumber);
 
         if (i >= 0 && mData[i] != DELETED) {
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@ class FieldArray implements Cloneable {
      * Adds a mapping from the specified fieldNumber to the specified data,
      * replacing the previous mapping if there was one.
      */
-    public void put(int fieldNumber, FieldData data) {
+    void put(int fieldNumber, FieldData data) {
         int i = binarySearch(fieldNumber);
 
         if (i >= 0) {
@@ -167,7 +170,7 @@ class FieldArray implements Cloneable {
      * Returns the number of key-value mappings that this FieldArray
      * currently stores.
      */
-    public int size() {
+    int size() {
         if (mGarbage) {
             gc();
         }
@@ -184,7 +187,7 @@ class FieldArray implements Cloneable {
      * the value from the <code>index</code>th key-value mapping that this
      * FieldArray stores.
      */
-    public FieldData dataAt(int index) {
+    FieldData dataAt(int index) {
         if (mGarbage) {
             gc();
         }
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/javanano/javanano_message.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/javanano/javanano_message.cc
index b28ec082d7..060d25f0b7 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/javanano/javanano_message.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/javanano/javanano_message.cc
@@ -612,7 +612,11 @@ void MessageGenerator::GenerateEquals(io::Printer* printer) {
 
   if (params_.store_unknown_fields()) {
     printer->Print(
-      "return unknownFieldDataEquals(other);\n");
+      "if (unknownFieldData == null || unknownFieldData.isEmpty()) {\n"
+      "  return other.unknownFieldData == null || other.unknownFieldData.isEmpty();\n"
+      "} else {\n"
+      "  return unknownFieldData.equals(other.unknownFieldData);\n"
+      "}");
   } else {
     printer->Print(
       "return true;\n");
@@ -642,7 +646,9 @@ void MessageGenerator::GenerateHashCode(io::Printer* printer) {
 
   if (params_.store_unknown_fields()) {
     printer->Print(
-      "result = 31 * result + unknownFieldDataHashCode();\n");
+      "result = 31 * result + \n"
+      "  (unknownFieldData == null || unknownFieldData.isEmpty() ? 0 : \n"
+      "  unknownFieldData.hashCode());\n");
   }
 
   printer->Print("return result;\n");