diff --git a/templates/go/register.go b/templates/go/register.go
index 0fa9b81d0..b6681b324 100644
--- a/templates/go/register.go
+++ b/templates/go/register.go
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/lyft/protoc-gen-star"
+	pgsgo "github.com/lyft/protoc-gen-star/lang/go"
 	"github.com/lyft/protoc-gen-validate/templates/goshared"
 )
 
 func Register(tpl *template.Template, params pgs.Parameters) {
-	goshared.Register(tpl, params)
+	goshared.Register(tpl, params, pgsgo.InitContext)
 	template.Must(tpl.Parse(fileTpl))
 	template.Must(tpl.New("required").Parse(requiredTpl))
 	template.Must(tpl.New("timestamp").Parse(timestampTpl))
diff --git a/templates/gogo/register.go b/templates/gogo/register.go
index 59efec29c..1a61ac8bf 100644
--- a/templates/gogo/register.go
+++ b/templates/gogo/register.go
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/lyft/protoc-gen-star"
-
+	pgsgo "github.com/lyft/protoc-gen-star/lang/go"
 	shared "github.com/lyft/protoc-gen-validate/templates/goshared"
 )
 
 func Register(tpl *template.Template, params pgs.Parameters) {
-	shared.Register(tpl, params)
+	shared.Register(tpl, params, pgsgo.InitGoGoContext)
 	template.Must(tpl.Parse(fileTpl))
 	template.Must(tpl.New("required").Parse(requiredTpl))
 	template.Must(tpl.New("timestamp").Parse(timestampTpl))
diff --git a/templates/goshared/register.go b/templates/goshared/register.go
index 55a05fa4e..c91374708 100644
--- a/templates/goshared/register.go
+++ b/templates/goshared/register.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lyft/protoc-gen-validate/templates/shared"
 )
 
-func Register(tpl *template.Template, params pgs.Parameters) {
-	fns := goSharedFuncs{pgsgo.InitContext(params)}
+func Register(tpl *template.Template, params pgs.Parameters, initContext func(pgs.Parameters) pgsgo.Context) {
+	fns := goSharedFuncs{initContext(params)}
 
 	tpl.Funcs(map[string]interface{}{
 		"accessor":      fns.accessor,
@@ -91,8 +91,11 @@ func (fns goSharedFuncs) accessor(ctx shared.RuleContext) string {
 	if ctx.AccessorOverride != "" {
 		return ctx.AccessorOverride
 	}
-
-	return fmt.Sprintf("m.Get%s()", fns.Name(ctx.Field))
+	name := fns.Name(ctx.Field)
+	if name == "" {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("m.%s", fns.Type(ctx.Field).Value())
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("m.Get%s()", name)
 }
 
 func (fns goSharedFuncs) errName(m pgs.Message) pgs.Name {