diff --git a/doc/go1.15.html b/doc/go1.15.html
index bb5628cb19..e2c90f5ad2 100644
--- a/doc/go1.15.html
+++ b/doc/go1.15.html
@@ -177,6 +177,18 @@ TODO
   </dd>
 </dl>
 
+<dl id="reflect"><dt><a href="/pkg/reflect/">reflect</a></dt>
+  <dd>
+    <p><!-- CL 228902 -->
+      Package reflect now disallows accessing methods of all
+      non-exported fields, whereas previously it allowed accessing
+      those of non-exported, embedded fields. Code that relies on the
+      previous behavior should be updated to instead access the
+      corresponding promoted method of the enclosing variable.
+    </p>
+  </dd>
+</dl>
+
 <dl id="pkg-runtime"><dt><a href="/pkg/runtime/">runtime</a></dt>
   <dd>
     <p><!-- CL 221779 -->
diff --git a/src/reflect/all_test.go b/src/reflect/all_test.go
index cb0c8344f3..3129ff8e5d 100644
--- a/src/reflect/all_test.go
+++ b/src/reflect/all_test.go
@@ -3567,7 +3567,7 @@ func TestCallPanic(t *testing.T) {
 
 	i := timp(0)
 	v := ValueOf(T{i, i, i, i, T2{i, i}, i, i, T2{i, i}})
-	ok(func() { call(v.Field(0).Method(0)) })               // .t0.W
+	badCall(func() { call(v.Field(0).Method(0)) })          // .t0.W
 	badCall(func() { call(v.Field(0).Elem().Method(0)) })   // .t0.W
 	badCall(func() { call(v.Field(0).Method(1)) })          // .t0.w
 	badMethod(func() { call(v.Field(0).Elem().Method(2)) }) // .t0.w
@@ -3588,7 +3588,7 @@ func TestCallPanic(t *testing.T) {
 
 	ok(func() { call(v.Field(4).Field(0).Method(0)) })             // .NamedT2.T1.Y
 	ok(func() { call(v.Field(4).Field(0).Elem().Method(0)) })      // .NamedT2.T1.W
-	ok(func() { call(v.Field(4).Field(1).Method(0)) })             // .NamedT2.t0.W
+	badCall(func() { call(v.Field(4).Field(1).Method(0)) })        // .NamedT2.t0.W
 	badCall(func() { call(v.Field(4).Field(1).Elem().Method(0)) }) // .NamedT2.t0.W
 
 	badCall(func() { call(v.Field(5).Method(0)) })          // .namedT0.W
diff --git a/src/reflect/value.go b/src/reflect/value.go
index 57ac65e084..de6f22b5b3 100644
--- a/src/reflect/value.go
+++ b/src/reflect/value.go
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ func (v Value) Method(i int) Value {
 	if v.typ.Kind() == Interface && v.IsNil() {
 		panic("reflect: Method on nil interface value")
 	}
-	fl := v.flag & (flagStickyRO | flagIndir) // Clear flagEmbedRO
+	fl := v.flag.ro() | (v.flag & flagIndir)
 	fl |= flag(Func)
 	fl |= flag(i)<<flagMethodShift | flagMethod
 	return Value{v.typ, v.ptr, fl}