diff --git a/lib/excon/hypermedia/resource_object.rb b/lib/excon/hypermedia/resource_object.rb
index 2d7dda3..77971ad 100644
--- a/lib/excon/hypermedia/resource_object.rb
+++ b/lib/excon/hypermedia/resource_object.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ module HyperMedia
     class ResourceObject
       RESERVED_PROPERTIES = %w[_links _embedded].freeze
 
+      attr_reader :data
+
       def initialize(data)
         @data = data
       end
diff --git a/test/excon/resource_object_test.rb b/test/excon/resource_object_test.rb
index 4f01133..711cbbc 100644
--- a/test/excon/resource_object_test.rb
+++ b/test/excon/resource_object_test.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def resource
     end
 
     def test_resource
-      assert_equal data, resource.instance_variable_get(:@data)
+      assert_equal data, resource.data
     end
 
     def test_links