diff --git a/lib/ostruct.rb b/lib/ostruct.rb
index d7ff0f630d..823c829d54 100644
--- a/lib/ostruct.rb
+++ b/lib/ostruct.rb
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ class OpenStruct
   # Provides marshalling support for use by the Marshal library.
   #
   alias_method :marshal_load, :update_to_values! # :nodoc:
-  public :marshal_load
 
   #
   # Used internally to defined properties on the
diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/openstruct/marshal_load_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/library/openstruct/marshal_load_spec.rb
index e07c4cef05..342e5e68cd 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/openstruct/marshal_load_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/openstruct/marshal_load_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require "ostruct"
 describe "OpenStruct#marshal_load when passed [Hash]" do
   it "defines methods based on the passed Hash" do
     os = OpenStruct.new
-    os.marshal_load(age: 20, name: "John")
+    os.send :marshal_load, age: 20, name: "John"
 
     os.age.should eql(20)
     os.name.should == "John"