Override method problem - StackOverflowError

I have classes like so:

public class ParentClass {
    private Object myObject;

    public void setMyObject(final Object object) {
	this.myObject = object
    }
}

public class ChildClass extends ParentClass {
    @Override
    public void setMyObject(final Object object) {
        setMyObject(object);
        // do other stuff
    }
}

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I want to override the method so that I can do some things not in the parent class method, but first I have to make sure that myObject gets set. As it is, this code gives a StackOverflowError because ChildClass.setMyObject() is called ad infinitum. I cannot change the access of myObject to protected. How is this done?