diff --git a/meilisearch-auth/src/lib.rs b/meilisearch-auth/src/lib.rs
index ec4c817c6..e18998db1 100644
--- a/meilisearch-auth/src/lib.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-auth/src/lib.rs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ impl AuthController {
 pub struct AuthFilter {
     search_rules: Option<SearchRules>,
     key_authorized_indexes: SearchRules,
-    pub allow_index_creation: bool,
+    allow_index_creation: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for AuthFilter {
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ impl Default for AuthFilter {
 }
 
 impl AuthFilter {
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn allow_index_creation(&self) -> bool {
+        self.allow_index_creation
+    }
+
     pub fn with_allowed_indexes(allowed_indexes: HashSet<IndexUidPattern>) -> Self {
         Self {
             search_rules: None,
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/documents.rs b/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/documents.rs
index 0c649ea5d..635469c4e 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/documents.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/documents.rs
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ pub async fn replace_documents(
 
     analytics.add_documents(&params, index_scheduler.index(&index_uid).is_err(), &req);
 
-    let allow_index_creation = index_scheduler.filters().allow_index_creation;
+    let allow_index_creation = index_scheduler.filters().allow_index_creation();
     let task = document_addition(
         extract_mime_type(&req)?,
         index_scheduler,
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ pub async fn update_documents(
 
     analytics.update_documents(&params, index_scheduler.index(&index_uid).is_err(), &req);
 
-    let allow_index_creation = index_scheduler.filters().allow_index_creation;
+    let allow_index_creation = index_scheduler.filters().allow_index_creation();
     let task = document_addition(
         extract_mime_type(&req)?,
         index_scheduler,
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/settings.rs b/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/settings.rs
index d10aec1a2..b1feb4e38 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/settings.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/settings.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ macro_rules! make_setting_route {
 
                 let new_settings = Settings { $attr: Setting::Reset.into(), ..Default::default() };
 
-                let allow_index_creation = index_scheduler.filters().allow_index_creation;
+                let allow_index_creation = index_scheduler.filters().allow_index_creation();
 
                 let task = KindWithContent::SettingsUpdate {
                     index_uid: index_uid.to_string(),
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ macro_rules! make_setting_route {
                     ..Default::default()
                 };
 
-                let allow_index_creation = index_scheduler.filters().allow_index_creation;
+                let allow_index_creation = index_scheduler.filters().allow_index_creation();
 
                 let task = KindWithContent::SettingsUpdate {
                     index_uid: index_uid.to_string(),
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ pub async fn update_all(
         Some(&req),
     );
 
-    let allow_index_creation = index_scheduler.filters().allow_index_creation;
+    let allow_index_creation = index_scheduler.filters().allow_index_creation();
     let index_uid = IndexUid::try_from(index_uid.into_inner())?.into_inner();
     let task = KindWithContent::SettingsUpdate {
         index_uid,
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ pub async fn delete_all(
 
     let new_settings = Settings::cleared().into_unchecked();
 
-    let allow_index_creation = index_scheduler.filters().allow_index_creation;
+    let allow_index_creation = index_scheduler.filters().allow_index_creation();
     let index_uid = IndexUid::try_from(index_uid.into_inner())?.into_inner();
     let task = KindWithContent::SettingsUpdate {
         index_uid,