1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lib/lowmemjson/encode.go b/lib/lowmemjson/encode.go
index 329f6c2..107b4da 100644
--- a/lib/lowmemjson/encode.go
+++ b/lib/lowmemjson/encode.go
@@ -189,20 +189,13 @@ func encode(w io.Writer, val reflect.Value, quote bool) {
 		case reflect.Struct:
 			encodeWriteByte(w, '{')
 			empty := true
-		nextStructField:
 			for _, field := range indexStruct(val.Type()) {
-				fVal := val
-				for _, idx := range field.Path {
-					if fVal.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
-						if fVal.IsNil() {
-							continue nextStructField
-						}
-						fVal = fVal.Elem()
-					}
-					fVal = fVal.Field(idx)
+				fVal, err := val.FieldByIndexErr(field.Path)
+				if err != nil {
+					continue
 				}
 				if field.OmitEmpty && isEmptyValue(fVal) {
-					continue nextStructField
+					continue
 				}
 				if !empty {
 					encodeWriteByte(w, ',')