diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_editor.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_editor.cpp
index 693863ab38c..79387d1bf6d 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_editor.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_editor.cpp
@@ -2272,6 +2272,11 @@ static bool _guess_method_return_type_from_base(GDScriptParser::CompletionContex
 				if (base_type.class_type->has_function(p_method)) {
 					const GDScriptParser::FunctionNode *method = base_type.class_type->get_member(p_method).function;
 					if (!is_static || method->is_static) {
+						if (method->get_datatype().is_set() && !method->get_datatype().is_variant()) {
+							r_type.type = method->get_datatype();
+							return true;
+						}
+
 						int last_return_line = -1;
 						const GDScriptParser::ExpressionNode *last_returned_value = nullptr;
 						GDScriptParser::CompletionContext c = p_context;
@@ -2285,10 +2290,6 @@ static bool _guess_method_return_type_from_base(GDScriptParser::CompletionContex
 							if (_guess_expression_type(c, last_returned_value, r_type)) {
 								return true;
 							}
-							if (method->get_datatype().is_set() && !method->get_datatype().is_variant()) {
-								r_type.type = method->get_datatype();
-								return true;
-							}
 						}
 					}
 				}