diff --git a/runtime/mirror/class-inl.h b/runtime/mirror/class-inl.h
index dfb728f..fcdfc88 100644
--- a/runtime/mirror/class-inl.h
+++ b/runtime/mirror/class-inl.h
@@ -419,8 +419,6 @@
       }
       return false;
     }
-    DCHECK_EQ(this->CanAccessMember(access_to, method->GetAccessFlags()),
-              this->CanAccessMember(dex_access_to, method->GetAccessFlags()));
   }
   if (LIKELY(this->CanAccessMember(access_to, method->GetAccessFlags()))) {
     return true;
diff --git a/test/601-method-access/expected.txt b/test/601-method-access/expected.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90fbab8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/601-method-access/expected.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Got expected failure
diff --git a/test/601-method-access/info.txt b/test/601-method-access/info.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e38a336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/601-method-access/info.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Regression test for method access checks.
diff --git a/test/601-method-access/smali/SubClassUsingInaccessibleMethod.smali b/test/601-method-access/smali/SubClassUsingInaccessibleMethod.smali
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a896a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/601-method-access/smali/SubClassUsingInaccessibleMethod.smali
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+.class public LSubClassUsingInaccessibleMethod;
+
+.super Lother/PublicClass;
+
+.method public constructor <init>()V
+    .registers 1
+    invoke-direct {p0}, Lother/PublicClass;-><init>()V
+    return-void
+.end method
+
+# Regression test for compiler DCHECK() failure (bogus check) when referencing
+# a package-private method from an indirectly inherited package-private class,
+# using this very class as the declaring class in the MethodId, bug: 28771056.
+.method public test()I
+    .registers 2
+    invoke-virtual {p0}, LSubClassUsingInaccessibleMethod;->otherProtectedClassPackageIntInstanceMethod()I
+    move-result v0
+    return v0
+.end method
diff --git a/test/601-method-access/src/Main.java b/test/601-method-access/src/Main.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..838080a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/601-method-access/src/Main.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+
+/*
+ * Test method access through reflection.
+ */
+public class Main {
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    try {
+      Class c = Class.forName("SubClassUsingInaccessibleMethod");
+      Object o = c.newInstance();
+      c.getMethod("test").invoke(o, null);
+    } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
+      if (ite.getCause() instanceof IllegalAccessError) {
+        System.out.println("Got expected failure");
+      } else {
+        System.out.println("Got unexpected failure " + ite.getCause());
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      System.out.println("Got unexpected failure " + e);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/601-method-access/src/other/ProtectedClass.java b/test/601-method-access/src/other/ProtectedClass.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9426884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/601-method-access/src/other/ProtectedClass.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package other;
+
+// Class that cannot be accessed outside of this package.
+class ProtectedClass {
+ /* package */ int otherProtectedClassPackageIntInstanceMethod() {
+   return 28;
+ }
+}
diff --git a/test/601-method-access/src/other/PublicClass.java b/test/601-method-access/src/other/PublicClass.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9f7961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/601-method-access/src/other/PublicClass.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package other;
+
+// Class that makes the ProtectedClass sub-classable by classes outside of package other.
+public class PublicClass extends ProtectedClass {
+}