diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Common/Collections/Expr/ClosureExpressionVisitor.php b/lib/Doctrine/Common/Collections/Expr/ClosureExpressionVisitor.php
index cd99e2f10..81b8ca5d1 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Common/Collections/Expr/ClosureExpressionVisitor.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Common/Collections/Expr/ClosureExpressionVisitor.php
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ public static function getObjectFieldValue($object, $field)
             return $object->$accessor();
         }
 
+        if (method_exists($object, $field)) {
+            return $object->$field();
+        }
+
         return $object->$field;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Collections/ClosureExpressionVisitorTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Collections/ClosureExpressionVisitorTest.php
index eff227d4d..162dc664a 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Collections/ClosureExpressionVisitorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Collections/ClosureExpressionVisitorTest.php
@@ -248,6 +248,18 @@ public function testSortDelegate() : void
         self::assertEquals('c', $objects[2]->getBar());
     }
 
+    public function testSortByLiteralPublicAccessor()
+    {
+        $objects = [new TestObjectWithLiteralPublicAccessor('a'), new TestObjectWithLiteralPublicAccessor('b'), new TestObjectWithLiteralPublicAccessor('c')];
+        $sort    = ClosureExpressionVisitor::sortByField('foo', 1);
+
+        usort($objects, $sort);
+
+        self::assertEquals('a', $objects[0]->foo());
+        self::assertEquals('b', $objects[1]->foo());
+        self::assertEquals('c', $objects[2]->foo());
+    }
+
     public function testArrayComparison() : void
     {
         $closure = $this->visitor->walkComparison($this->builder->eq('foo', 42));
@@ -357,6 +369,22 @@ public function getFooBar() : ?int
     }
 }
 
+class TestObjectWithLiteralPublicAccessor
+{
+    /** @var mixed */
+    private $foo;
+
+    public function __construct($foo = null)
+    {
+        $this->foo = $foo;
+    }
+
+    public function foo()
+    {
+        return $this->foo;
+    }
+}
+
 class TestObjectBothPublic
 {
     /** @var mixed */