diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/reflect.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/reflect.go
index e3d8b1537e..a08ea0f73b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/reflect.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/reflect.go
@@ -1463,14 +1463,13 @@ func dumptabs() {
 		// }
 		o := dsymptr(i.lsym, 0, dtypesym(i.itype).Linksym(), 0)
 		o = dsymptr(i.lsym, o, dtypesym(i.t).Linksym(), 0)
-		o = duint32(i.lsym, o, typehash(i.t))  // copy of type hash
-		o += 4                                 // skip unused field
-		o += len(imethods(i.itype)) * Widthptr // skip fun method pointers
-		// at runtime the itab will contain pointers to types, other itabs and
-		// method functions. None are allocated on heap, so we can use obj.NOPTR.
-		ggloblsym(i.lsym, int32(o), int16(obj.DUPOK|obj.NOPTR))
-		// TODO: mark readonly after we pre-add the function pointers
-
+		o = duint32(i.lsym, o, typehash(i.t)) // copy of type hash
+		o += 4                                // skip unused field
+		for _, fn := range genfun(i.t, i.itype) {
+			o = dsymptr(i.lsym, o, fn, 0) // method pointer for each method
+		}
+		// Nothing writes static itabs, so they are read only.
+		ggloblsym(i.lsym, int32(o), int16(obj.DUPOK|obj.RODATA))
 		ilink := itablinkpkg.Lookup(i.t.ShortString() + "," + i.itype.ShortString()).Linksym()
 		dsymptr(ilink, 0, i.lsym, 0)
 		ggloblsym(ilink, int32(Widthptr), int16(obj.DUPOK|obj.RODATA))
diff --git a/src/runtime/iface.go b/src/runtime/iface.go
index 665dbdbc16..1f31bcae6d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/iface.go
+++ b/src/runtime/iface.go
@@ -167,13 +167,6 @@ func itabAdd(m *itab) {
 	}
 }
 
-// Adds m to the set of initial itabs.
-// itabLock must be held.
-func itabAddStartup(m *itab) {
-	m.init() // TODO: remove after CL 44341
-	itabAdd(m)
-}
-
 // init fills in the m.fun array with all the code pointers for
 // the m.inter/m._type pair. If the type does not implement the interface,
 // it sets m.fun[0] to 0 and returns the name of an interface function that is missing.
@@ -230,7 +223,7 @@ func itabsinit() {
 	lock(&itabLock)
 	for _, md := range activeModules() {
 		for _, i := range md.itablinks {
-			itabAddStartup(i)
+			itabAdd(i)
 		}
 	}
 	unlock(&itabLock)
diff --git a/src/runtime/plugin.go b/src/runtime/plugin.go
index 34b306ae25..caecba67f8 100644
--- a/src/runtime/plugin.go
+++ b/src/runtime/plugin.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func plugin_lastmoduleinit() (path string, syms map[string]interface{}, mismatch
 
 	lock(&itabLock)
 	for _, i := range md.itablinks {
-		itabAddStartup(i)
+		itabAdd(i)
 	}
 	unlock(&itabLock)