diff --git a/src/reflect/all_test.go b/src/reflect/all_test.go
index 31f6416ed9a..afd2d2ef79c 100644
--- a/src/reflect/all_test.go
+++ b/src/reflect/all_test.go
@@ -1706,6 +1706,12 @@ func TestChan(t *testing.T) {
 		if i, ok := cv.Recv(); i.Int() != 0 || ok {
 			t.Errorf("after close Recv %d, %t", i.Int(), ok)
 		}
+		// Closing a read-only channel
+		shouldPanic("", func() {
+			c := make(<-chan int, 1)
+			cv := ValueOf(c)
+			cv.Close()
+		})
 	}
 
 	// check creation of unbuffered channel
diff --git a/src/reflect/value.go b/src/reflect/value.go
index 616da6a5c7b..127a06e187a 100644
--- a/src/reflect/value.go
+++ b/src/reflect/value.go
@@ -1187,10 +1187,16 @@ func (v Value) capNonSlice() int {
 }
 
 // Close closes the channel v.
-// It panics if v's Kind is not Chan.
+// It panics if v's Kind is not Chan or
+// v is a receive-only channel.
 func (v Value) Close() {
 	v.mustBe(Chan)
 	v.mustBeExported()
+	tt := (*chanType)(unsafe.Pointer(v.typ()))
+	if ChanDir(tt.Dir)&SendDir == 0 {
+		panic("reflect: close of receive-only channel")
+	}
+
 	chanclose(v.pointer())
 }