diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/reflect.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/reflect.go
index d23ca6b839e..26b08ee08a2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/reflect.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/reflect.go
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ func typePkg(t *types.Type) *types.Pkg {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if tsym != nil && t != types.Types[t.Kind()] && t != types.ErrorType {
+	if tsym != nil && tsym.Pkg != types.BuiltinPkg {
 		return tsym.Pkg
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue44830.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue44830.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7df5aeb857f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue44830.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// run
+
+// Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	t := reflect.TypeOf(unsafe.Pointer(nil))
+	if pkgPath := t.PkgPath(); pkgPath != "unsafe" {
+		panic("unexpected t.PkgPath(): " + pkgPath)
+	}
+}