diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/go.y b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/go.y
index 65601b43ee..113d473858 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/go.y
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/go.y
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ structdcl:
 
 		var n *Node
 		l = $1;
-		if l == nil {
+		if l == nil || l.N.Sym.Name == "?" {
 			// ? symbol, during import (list1(nil) == nil)
 			n = $2;
 			if n.Op == OIND {
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/y.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/y.go
index e5517e98a9..935a9b154a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/y.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/y.go
@@ -2791,7 +2791,7 @@ yydefault:
 
 			var n *Node
 			l = yyDollar[1].list
-			if l == nil {
+			if l == nil || l.N.Sym.Name == "?" {
 				// ? symbol, during import (list1(nil) == nil)
 				n = yyDollar[2].node
 				if n.Op == OIND {
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue10219.dir/a.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue10219.dir/a.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c61d02b66a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue10219.dir/a.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package a
+
+type m struct {
+	S string
+}
+
+var g = struct {
+	m
+	P string
+}{
+	m{"a"},
+	"",
+}
+
+type S struct{}
+
+func (s *S) M(p string) {
+	r := g
+	r.P = p
+}
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue10219.dir/b.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue10219.dir/b.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09d8911ff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue10219.dir/b.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package b
+
+import "./a"
+
+func F() *a.S {
+	return &a.S{}
+}
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue10219.dir/c.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue10219.dir/c.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d331495df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue10219.dir/c.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package c
+
+import "./b"
+
+func F() {
+	s := b.F()
+	s.M("c")
+}
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue10219.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue10219.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..325818cff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue10219.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// compiledir
+
+// Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Issue 10219: failure of inlinable function that uses embedded types
+// in an anonymous struct via :=.
+
+package ignored