diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 22c6d0ab..9f85415f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@
 - Finish timeout option for tasks #4441 [4441](https://github.com/beego/beego/pull/4441)
 - Error Module brief design & using httplib module to validate this design. [4453](https://github.com/beego/beego/pull/4453)
 - Fix 4444: panic when 404 not found. [4446](https://github.com/beego/beego/pull/4446)
-- Fix 4435: fix panic when controller dir not found. [4452](https://github.com/beego/beego/pull/4452)
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+- Fix 4435: fix panic when controller dir not found. [4452](https://github.com/beego/beego/pull/4452)
+- Fix 4456: Fix router method expression [4456](https://github.com/beego/beego/pull/4456)
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diff --git a/server/web/namespace_test.go b/server/web/namespace_test.go
index 84e7aca5..30d17cb2 100644
--- a/server/web/namespace_test.go
+++ b/server/web/namespace_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	exampleBody = "hello world"
+	exampleBody        = "hello world"
+	examplePointerBody = "hello world pointer"
 
 	nsNamespace     = "/router"
 	nsPath          = "/user"
@@ -43,6 +44,13 @@ func (m ExampleController) Ping() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (m *ExampleController) PingPointer() {
+	err := m.Ctx.Output.Body([]byte(examplePointerBody))
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+	}
+}
+
 func (m ExampleController) ping() {
 	err := m.Ctx.Output.Body([]byte("ping method"))
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/server/web/router.go b/server/web/router.go
index d7fd3047..e80694c0 100644
--- a/server/web/router.go
+++ b/server/web/router.go
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ func getReflectTypeAndMethod(f interface{}) (controllerType reflect.Type, method
 	if len(method) == 0 {
 		panic("method name is empty")
 	} else if method[0] > 96 || method[0] < 65 {
-		panic("not a public method")
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("%s is not a public method", method))
 	}
 
 	// check only one param which is the method receiver
@@ -584,12 +584,7 @@ func getReflectTypeAndMethod(f interface{}) (controllerType reflect.Type, method
 		panic("invalid number of param in")
 	}
 
-	// check the receiver implement ControllerInterface
 	controllerType = funcType.In(0)
-	_, ok := reflect.New(controllerType).Interface().(ControllerInterface)
-	if !ok {
-		panic(controllerType.String() + " is not implemented ControllerInterface")
-	}
 
 	// check controller has the method
 	_, exists := controllerType.MethodByName(method)
@@ -597,6 +592,16 @@ func getReflectTypeAndMethod(f interface{}) (controllerType reflect.Type, method
 		panic(controllerType.String() + " has no method " + method)
 	}
 
+	// check the receiver implement ControllerInterface
+	if controllerType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		controllerType = controllerType.Elem()
+	}
+	controller := reflect.New(controllerType)
+	_, ok := controller.Interface().(ControllerInterface)
+	if !ok {
+		panic(controllerType.String() + " is not implemented ControllerInterface")
+	}
+
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/server/web/router_test.go b/server/web/router_test.go
index 7b8ebb6c..3633aee7 100644
--- a/server/web/router_test.go
+++ b/server/web/router_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ func (m TestControllerWithInterface) Ping() {
 	fmt.Println("pong")
 }
 
+func (m *TestControllerWithInterface) PingPointer() {
+	fmt.Println("pong pointer")
+}
+
 type TestController struct {
 	Controller
 }
@@ -923,6 +927,92 @@ func TestRouterRouterAny(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRouterRouterGetPointerMethod(t *testing.T) {
+	r, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/user", nil)
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	handler := NewControllerRegister()
+	handler.RouterGet("/user", (*ExampleController).PingPointer)
+	handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	if w.Body.String() != examplePointerBody {
+		t.Errorf("TestRouterRouterGetPointerMethod can't run")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRouterRouterPostPointerMethod(t *testing.T) {
+	r, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/user", nil)
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	handler := NewControllerRegister()
+	handler.RouterPost("/user", (*ExampleController).PingPointer)
+	handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	if w.Body.String() != examplePointerBody {
+		t.Errorf("TestRouterRouterPostPointerMethod can't run")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRouterRouterHeadPointerMethod(t *testing.T) {
+	r, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodHead, "/user", nil)
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	handler := NewControllerRegister()
+	handler.RouterHead("/user", (*ExampleController).PingPointer)
+	handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	if w.Body.String() != examplePointerBody {
+		t.Errorf("TestRouterRouterHeadPointerMethod can't run")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRouterRouterPutPointerMethod(t *testing.T) {
+	r, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, "/user", nil)
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	handler := NewControllerRegister()
+	handler.RouterPut("/user", (*ExampleController).PingPointer)
+	handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	if w.Body.String() != examplePointerBody {
+		t.Errorf("TestRouterRouterPutPointerMethod can't run")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRouterRouterPatchPointerMethod(t *testing.T) {
+	r, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPatch, "/user", nil)
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	handler := NewControllerRegister()
+	handler.RouterPatch("/user", (*ExampleController).PingPointer)
+	handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	if w.Body.String() != examplePointerBody {
+		t.Errorf("TestRouterRouterPatchPointerMethod can't run")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRouterRouterDeletePointerMethod(t *testing.T) {
+	r, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodDelete, "/user", nil)
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	handler := NewControllerRegister()
+	handler.RouterDelete("/user", (*ExampleController).PingPointer)
+	handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	if w.Body.String() != examplePointerBody {
+		t.Errorf("TestRouterRouterDeletePointerMethod can't run")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRouterRouterAnyPointerMethod(t *testing.T) {
+	handler := NewControllerRegister()
+	handler.RouterAny("/user", (*ExampleController).PingPointer)
+
+	for method := range HTTPMETHOD {
+		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		r, _ := http.NewRequest(method, "/user", nil)
+		handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		if w.Body.String() != examplePointerBody {
+			t.Errorf("TestRouterRouterAnyPointerMethod can't run, get the response is " + w.Body.String())
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRouterAddRouterMethodPanicInvalidMethod(t *testing.T) {
 	method := "some random method"
 	message := "not support http method: " + strings.ToUpper(method)
@@ -961,7 +1051,7 @@ func TestRouterAddRouterMethodPanicNotAMethod(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestRouterAddRouterMethodPanicNotPublicMethod(t *testing.T) {
 	method := http.MethodGet
-	message := "not a public method"
+	message := "ping is not a public method"
 	defer func() {
 		err := recover()
 		if err != nil { //产生了panic异常
@@ -994,3 +1084,21 @@ func TestRouterAddRouterMethodPanicNotImplementInterface(t *testing.T) {
 	handler := NewControllerRegister()
 	handler.AddRouterMethod(method, "/user", TestControllerWithInterface.Ping)
 }
+
+func TestRouterAddRouterPointerMethodPanicNotImplementInterface(t *testing.T) {
+	method := http.MethodGet
+	message := "web.TestControllerWithInterface is not implemented ControllerInterface"
+	defer func() {
+		err := recover()
+		if err != nil { //产生了panic异常
+			errStr, ok := err.(string)
+			if ok && errStr == message {
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		t.Errorf(fmt.Sprintf("TestRouterAddRouterPointerMethodPanicNotImplementInterface failed: %v", err))
+	}()
+
+	handler := NewControllerRegister()
+	handler.AddRouterMethod(method, "/user", (*TestControllerWithInterface).PingPointer)
+}