diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/macros/src/fetch.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/macros/src/fetch.rs
index 3ae328e952..a72b4d10f3 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/macros/src/fetch.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/macros/src/fetch.rs
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ pub fn derive_world_query_impl(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
             #[doc = "`]."]
             #[automatically_derived]
             #visibility struct #read_only_struct_name #user_impl_generics #user_where_clauses {
-                #( #field_idents: #read_only_field_types, )*
+                #( #field_visibilities #field_idents: #read_only_field_types, )*
                 #(#(#ignored_field_attrs)* #ignored_field_visibilities #ignored_field_idents: #ignored_field_types,)*
             }
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/query/fetch.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/query/fetch.rs
index 17aa0203ed..c9a18d1081 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/query/fetch.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/query/fetch.rs
@@ -1394,6 +1394,34 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::{self as bevy_ecs, system::Query};
 
+    #[derive(Component)]
+    pub struct A;
+
+    // Ensures that each field of a `WorldQuery` struct's read-only variant
+    // has the same visibility as its corresponding mutable field.
+    #[test]
+    fn read_only_field_visibility() {
+        mod private {
+            use super::*;
+
+            #[derive(WorldQuery)]
+            #[world_query(mutable)]
+            pub struct Q {
+                pub a: &'static mut A,
+            }
+        }
+
+        let _ = private::QReadOnly { a: &A };
+
+        fn my_system(query: Query<private::Q>) {
+            for q in &query {
+                let _ = &q.a;
+            }
+        }
+
+        crate::system::assert_is_system(my_system);
+    }
+
     // Ensures that metadata types generated by the WorldQuery macro
     // do not conflict with user-defined types.
     // Regression test for https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/8010.