diff --git a/src/reflect/type.go b/src/reflect/type.go
index 75994c97a9..cb657905d0 100644
--- a/src/reflect/type.go
+++ b/src/reflect/type.go
@@ -1433,6 +1433,12 @@ func TypeOf(i any) Type {
 	return toType(eface.typ)
 }
 
+// rtypeOf directly extracts the *rtype of the provided value.
+func rtypeOf(i any) *rtype {
+	eface := *(*emptyInterface)(unsafe.Pointer(&i))
+	return eface.typ
+}
+
 // ptrMap is the cache for PointerTo.
 var ptrMap sync.Map // map[*rtype]*ptrType
 
diff --git a/src/reflect/value.go b/src/reflect/value.go
index 969e57cf83..d8479c64ef 100644
--- a/src/reflect/value.go
+++ b/src/reflect/value.go
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func (v Value) panicNotBool() {
 	v.mustBe(Bool)
 }
 
-var bytesType = TypeOf(([]byte)(nil)).(*rtype)
+var bytesType = rtypeOf(([]byte)(nil))
 
 // Bytes returns v's underlying value.
 // It panics if v's underlying value is not a slice of bytes or
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ func (v Value) Float() float64 {
 	panic(&ValueError{"reflect.Value.Float", v.kind()})
 }
 
-var uint8Type = TypeOf(uint8(0)).(*rtype)
+var uint8Type = rtypeOf(uint8(0))
 
 // Index returns v's i'th element.
 // It panics if v's Kind is not Array, Slice, or String or i is out of range.
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ func (v Value) lenNonSlice() int {
 	panic(&ValueError{"reflect.Value.Len", v.kind()})
 }
 
-var stringType = TypeOf("").(*rtype)
+var stringType = rtypeOf("")
 
 // MapIndex returns the value associated with key in the map v.
 // It panics if v's Kind is not Map.