diff --git a/src/go/types/object.go b/src/go/types/object.go
index ede78537bedbf9..4ebbd23543bb88 100644
--- a/src/go/types/object.go
+++ b/src/go/types/object.go
@@ -219,11 +219,18 @@ func (*Func) isDependency()     {} // a function may be a dependency of an initi
 type Alias struct {
 	object
 	orig Object      // aliased constant, type, variable, or function; never an alias
-	kind token.Token // token.CONST, token.TYPE, token.VAR, or token.FUNC (type-checking internal use only)
+	kind token.Token // token.CONST, token.TYPE, token.VAR, or token.FUNC (only needed during resolve phase)
 }
 
 func NewAlias(pos token.Pos, pkg *Package, name string, orig Object) *Alias {
-	return &Alias{object{pos: pos, pkg: pkg, name: name}, orig, token.ILLEGAL}
+	var typ Type = Typ[Invalid]
+	if orig != nil {
+		typ = orig.Type()
+	}
+	// No need to set a valid Alias.kind - that field is only used during identifier
+	// resolution (1st type-checker pass). We could store the field outside but it's
+	// easier to keep it here.
+	return &Alias{object{nil, pos, pkg, name, typ, 0, token.NoPos}, orig, token.ILLEGAL}
 }
 
 // Orig returns the aliased object, or nil if there was an error.
diff --git a/src/go/types/resolver.go b/src/go/types/resolver.go
index 12ef4ad779db54..b630a159e067be 100644
--- a/src/go/types/resolver.go
+++ b/src/go/types/resolver.go
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ func (check *Checker) collectObjects() {
 
 					case *ast.AliasSpec:
 						obj := NewAlias(s.Name.Pos(), pkg, s.Name.Name, nil)
+						obj.typ = nil // unresolved
 						obj.kind = d.Tok
 						check.declarePkgObj(s.Name, obj, &declInfo{file: fileScope, init: s.Orig})