diff --git a/ruby/ext/google/protobuf_c/message.c b/ruby/ext/google/protobuf_c/message.c
index 22a21c129e6e..f8661dfb2b4b 100644
--- a/ruby/ext/google/protobuf_c/message.c
+++ b/ruby/ext/google/protobuf_c/message.c
@@ -292,6 +292,35 @@ static void Message_setfield(upb_msg* msg, const upb_fielddef* f, VALUE val,
   upb_msg_set(msg, f, msgval, arena);
 }
 
+static VALUE Message_getfield(VALUE _self, const upb_fielddef* f) {
+  Message* self = ruby_to_Message(_self);
+  // This is a special-case: upb_msg_mutable() for map & array are logically
+  // const (they will not change what is serialized) but physically
+  // non-const, as they do allocate a repeated field or map. The logical
+  // constness means it's ok to do even if the message is frozen.
+  upb_msg *msg = (upb_msg*)self->msg;
+  upb_arena *arena = Arena_get(self->arena);
+  if (upb_fielddef_ismap(f)) {
+    upb_map *map = upb_msg_mutable(msg, f, arena).map;
+    const upb_fielddef *key_f = map_field_key(f);
+    const upb_fielddef *val_f = map_field_value(f);
+    upb_fieldtype_t key_type = upb_fielddef_type(key_f);
+    TypeInfo value_type_info = TypeInfo_get(val_f);
+    return Map_GetRubyWrapper(map, key_type, value_type_info, self->arena);
+  } else if (upb_fielddef_isseq(f)) {
+    upb_array *arr = upb_msg_mutable(msg, f, arena).array;
+    return RepeatedField_GetRubyWrapper(arr, TypeInfo_get(f), self->arena);
+  } else if (upb_fielddef_issubmsg(f)) {
+    if (!upb_msg_has(self->msg, f)) return Qnil;
+    upb_msg *submsg = upb_msg_mutable(msg, f, arena).msg;
+    const upb_msgdef *m = upb_fielddef_msgsubdef(f);
+    return Message_GetRubyWrapper(submsg, m, self->arena);
+  } else {
+    upb_msgval msgval = upb_msg_get(self->msg, f);
+    return Convert_UpbToRuby(msgval, TypeInfo_get(f), self->arena);
+  }
+}
+
 static VALUE Message_field_accessor(VALUE _self, const upb_fielddef* f,
                                     int accessor_type, int argc, VALUE* argv) {
   upb_arena *arena = Arena_get(Message_GetArena(_self));
@@ -350,36 +379,11 @@ static VALUE Message_field_accessor(VALUE _self, const upb_fielddef* f,
         return INT2NUM(msgval.int32_val);
       }
     }
-    case METHOD_GETTER: {
-      Message* self = ruby_to_Message(_self);
-      // This is a special-case: upb_msg_mutable() for map & array are logically
-      // const (they will not change what is serialized) but physically
-      // non-const, as they do allocate a repeated field or map. The logical
-      // constness means it's ok to do even if the message is frozen.
-      upb_msg *msg = (upb_msg*)self->msg;
-      if (upb_fielddef_ismap(f)) {
-        upb_map *map = upb_msg_mutable(msg, f, arena).map;
-        const upb_fielddef *key_f = map_field_key(f);
-        const upb_fielddef *val_f = map_field_value(f);
-        upb_fieldtype_t key_type = upb_fielddef_type(key_f);
-        TypeInfo value_type_info = TypeInfo_get(val_f);
-        return Map_GetRubyWrapper(map, key_type, value_type_info, self->arena);
-      } else if (upb_fielddef_isseq(f)) {
-        upb_array *arr = upb_msg_mutable(msg, f, arena).array;
-        return RepeatedField_GetRubyWrapper(arr, TypeInfo_get(f), self->arena);
-      } else if (upb_fielddef_issubmsg(f)) {
-        if (!upb_msg_has(self->msg, f)) return Qnil;
-        upb_msg *submsg = upb_msg_mutable(msg, f, arena).msg;
-        const upb_msgdef *m = upb_fielddef_msgsubdef(f);
-        return Message_GetRubyWrapper(submsg, m, self->arena);
-      } else {
-        upb_msgval msgval = upb_msg_get(self->msg, f);
-        return Convert_UpbToRuby(msgval, TypeInfo_get(f), self->arena);
-      }
+    case METHOD_GETTER:
+      return Message_getfield(_self, f);
     default:
       rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Internal error, no such accessor: %d",
                accessor_type);
-    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -866,7 +870,6 @@ static VALUE Message_freeze(VALUE _self) {
 static VALUE Message_index(VALUE _self, VALUE field_name) {
   Message* self = ruby_to_Message(_self);
   const upb_fielddef* field;
-  upb_msgval val;
 
   Check_Type(field_name, T_STRING);
   field = upb_msgdef_ntofz(self->msgdef, RSTRING_PTR(field_name));
@@ -875,8 +878,7 @@ static VALUE Message_index(VALUE _self, VALUE field_name) {
     return Qnil;
   }
 
-  val = upb_msg_get(self->msg, field);
-  return Convert_UpbToRuby(val, TypeInfo_get(field), self->arena);
+  return Message_getfield(_self, field);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/ruby/tests/basic.rb b/ruby/tests/basic.rb
index 098ac41e7e9c..107084e66436 100755
--- a/ruby/tests/basic.rb
+++ b/ruby/tests/basic.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,33 @@ def proto_module
     end
     include CommonTests
 
+    def test_issue_8311_crash
+      Google::Protobuf::DescriptorPool.generated_pool.build do
+        add_file("inner.proto", :syntax => :proto3) do
+          add_message "Inner" do
+            # Removing either of these fixes the segfault.
+            optional :foo, :string, 1
+            optional :bar, :string, 2
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      Google::Protobuf::DescriptorPool.generated_pool.build do
+        add_file("outer.proto", :syntax => :proto3) do
+          add_message "Outer" do
+            repeated :inners, :message, 1, "Inner"
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      outer = ::Google::Protobuf::DescriptorPool.generated_pool.lookup("Outer").msgclass
+
+      outer_proto = outer.new(
+          inners: []
+      )
+      outer_proto['inners'].to_s
+    end
+
     def test_has_field
       m = TestSingularFields.new
       assert !m.has_singular_msg?