diff --git a/runtime/reflection.cc b/runtime/reflection.cc
index 6ed61f6..f0ba003 100644
--- a/runtime/reflection.cc
+++ b/runtime/reflection.cc
@@ -799,8 +799,7 @@
   visitor.WalkStack();
   mirror::Class* caller_class = visitor.caller->GetDeclaringClass();
 
-  if ((((access_flags & kAccPublic) != 0) && declaring_class->IsPublic()) ||
-      caller_class == declaring_class) {
+  if (((access_flags & kAccPublic) != 0) || (caller_class == declaring_class)) {
     return true;
   }
   if ((access_flags & kAccPrivate) != 0) {