diff --git a/src/mime/multipart/formdata.go b/src/mime/multipart/formdata.go
index 22e2c8d323..832d0ad693 100644
--- a/src/mime/multipart/formdata.go
+++ b/src/mime/multipart/formdata.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (r *Reader) readForm(maxMemory int64) (_ *Form, err error) {
 
 		var b bytes.Buffer
 
-		if !p.hasFileName() {
+		if filename == "" {
 			// value, store as string in memory
 			n, err := io.CopyN(&b, p, maxValueBytes+1)
 			if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
diff --git a/src/mime/multipart/formdata_test.go b/src/mime/multipart/formdata_test.go
index 5e3c3330f3..2d6a830cb6 100644
--- a/src/mime/multipart/formdata_test.go
+++ b/src/mime/multipart/formdata_test.go
@@ -47,12 +47,9 @@ func TestReadFormWithNamelessFile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer f.RemoveAll()
 
-	fd := testFile(t, f.File["hiddenfile"][0], "", filebContents)
-	if _, ok := fd.(sectionReadCloser); !ok {
-		t.Errorf("file has unexpected underlying type %T", fd)
+	if g, e := f.Value["hiddenfile"][0], filebContents; g != e {
+		t.Errorf("hiddenfile value = %q, want %q", g, e)
 	}
-	fd.Close()
-
 }
 
 func TestReadFormWithTextContentType(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/src/mime/multipart/multipart.go b/src/mime/multipart/multipart.go
index b1b78ecb9a..0993fb7e91 100644
--- a/src/mime/multipart/multipart.go
+++ b/src/mime/multipart/multipart.go
@@ -81,16 +81,6 @@ func (p *Part) FileName() string {
 	return p.dispositionParams["filename"]
 }
 
-// hasFileName determines if a (empty or otherwise)
-// filename parameter was included in the Content-Disposition header
-func (p *Part) hasFileName() bool {
-	if p.dispositionParams == nil {
-		p.parseContentDisposition()
-	}
-	_, ok := p.dispositionParams["filename"]
-	return ok
-}
-
 func (p *Part) parseContentDisposition() {
 	v := p.Header.Get("Content-Disposition")
 	var err error