diff --git a/src/internal/reflectlite/value.go b/src/internal/reflectlite/value.go
index 5909a3f05..36cdac11e 100644
--- a/src/internal/reflectlite/value.go
+++ b/src/internal/reflectlite/value.go
@@ -51,12 +51,13 @@ func (v Value) IsRO() bool {
 	return v.flags&(valueFlagRO) != 0
 }
 
-func (v *Value) MakeRO(ro bool) {
+func (v Value) MakeRO(ro bool) Value {
 	if ro {
 		v.flags |= valueFlagRO
 	} else {
 		v.flags &^= valueFlagRO
 	}
+	return v
 }
 
 func (v Value) checkRO() {
diff --git a/src/reflect/all_test.go b/src/reflect/all_test.go
index 325f9fb87..7584c6205 100644
--- a/src/reflect/all_test.go
+++ b/src/reflect/all_test.go
@@ -4727,8 +4727,7 @@ func IsRO(v Value) bool {
 }
 
 func MakeRO(v Value) Value {
-	v.MakeRO(true)
-	return v
+	return Value{v.MakeRO(true)}
 }
 
 func TestConvert(t *testing.T) {