diff --git a/crates/turbo-tasks-macros/src/value_macro.rs b/crates/turbo-tasks-macros/src/value_macro.rs
index 115dcfbe257f14..4f1d309d3faff7 100644
--- a/crates/turbo-tasks-macros/src/value_macro.rs
+++ b/crates/turbo-tasks-macros/src/value_macro.rs
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ pub fn value(args: TokenStream, input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
         /// to be converted into normal cells.
         #cell_prefix fn local_cell(self) -> turbo_tasks::Vc<Self> {
             let content = self;
-            turbo_tasks::Vc::cell_private(#cell_access_content)
+            turbo_tasks::Vc::local_cell_private(#cell_access_content)
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/crates/turbo-tasks/src/vc/mod.rs b/crates/turbo-tasks/src/vc/mod.rs
index ce21dd014782ba..08152541ed0246 100644
--- a/crates/turbo-tasks/src/vc/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/turbo-tasks/src/vc/mod.rs
@@ -274,6 +274,23 @@ where
     pub fn cell_private(inner: <T::Read as VcRead<T>>::Target) -> Self {
         <T::CellMode as VcCellMode<T>>::cell(inner)
     }
+
+    // called by the `.local_cell()` method generated by the `#[turbo_tasks::value]`
+    // macro
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub fn local_cell_private(inner: <T::Read as VcRead<T>>::Target) -> Self {
+        // `T::CellMode` isn't applicable here, we always create new local cells. Local
+        // cells aren't stored across executions, so there can be no concept of
+        // "updating" the cell across multiple executions.
+        let (execution_id, local_cell_id) = create_local_cell(SharedReference::new(
+            Some(T::get_value_type_id()),
+            triomphe::Arc::new(T::Read::target_to_repr(inner)),
+        ));
+        Vc {
+            node: RawVc::LocalCell(execution_id, local_cell_id),
+            _t: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl<T, Inner, Repr> Vc<T>
@@ -287,17 +304,7 @@ where
     }
 
     pub fn local_cell(inner: Inner) -> Self {
-        // `T::CellMode` isn't applicable here, we always create new local cells. Local
-        // cells aren't stored across executions, so there can be no concept of
-        // "updating" the cell across multiple executions.
-        let (execution_id, local_cell_id) = create_local_cell(SharedReference::new(
-            Some(T::get_value_type_id()),
-            triomphe::Arc::new(T::Read::target_to_repr(inner)),
-        ));
-        Vc {
-            node: RawVc::LocalCell(execution_id, local_cell_id),
-            _t: PhantomData,
-        }
+        Self::local_cell_private(inner)
     }
 }