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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/RubyModule.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/RubyModule.java
index 2f2ade1157..be51afa239 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/RubyModule.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/RubyModule.java
@@ -3029,7 +3029,7 @@ public class RubyModule extends RubyObject {
     @JRubyMethod(name = "attr_accessor", rest = true, reads = VISIBILITY)
     public IRubyObject attr_accessor(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject[] args) {
         // Check the visibility of the previous frame, which will be the frame in which the class is being eval'ed
-        Visibility visibility = context.getCurrentVisibility();
+        Visibility visibility = getCurrentVisibilityForDefineMethod(context);
         IRubyObject[] result = new IRubyObject[2 * args.length];
 
         for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {