diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
index e53a1090fe5..adc3699519f 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
@@ -2489,15 +2489,18 @@ GDScriptParser::ExpressionNode *GDScriptParser::parse_get_node(ExpressionNode *p
 		make_completion_context(COMPLETION_GET_NODE, get_node);
 		get_node->string = parse_literal();
 		return get_node;
-	} else if (check(GDScriptTokenizer::Token::IDENTIFIER)) {
+	} else if (current.is_node_name()) {
 		GetNodeNode *get_node = alloc_node<GetNodeNode>();
 		int chain_position = 0;
 		do {
 			make_completion_context(COMPLETION_GET_NODE, get_node, chain_position++);
-			if (!consume(GDScriptTokenizer::Token::IDENTIFIER, R"(Expect node identifer after "/".)")) {
+			if (!current.is_node_name()) {
+				push_error(R"(Expect node path after "/".)");
 				return nullptr;
 			}
-			IdentifierNode *identifier = parse_identifier();
+			advance();
+			IdentifierNode *identifier = alloc_node<IdentifierNode>();
+			identifier->name = previous.get_identifier();
 			get_node->chain.push_back(identifier);
 		} while (match(GDScriptTokenizer::Token::SLASH));
 		return get_node;
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_tokenizer.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_tokenizer.cpp
index 8ced06e2fdb..737e9206938 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_tokenizer.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_tokenizer.cpp
@@ -168,6 +168,52 @@ bool GDScriptTokenizer::Token::is_identifier() const {
 	}
 }
 
+bool GDScriptTokenizer::Token::is_node_name() const {
+	// This is meant to allow keywords with the $ notation, but not as general identifiers.
+	switch (type) {
+		case IDENTIFIER:
+		case AND:
+		case AS:
+		case ASSERT:
+		case AWAIT:
+		case BREAK:
+		case BREAKPOINT:
+		case CLASS_NAME:
+		case CLASS:
+		case CONST:
+		case CONTINUE:
+		case ELIF:
+		case ELSE:
+		case ENUM:
+		case EXTENDS:
+		case FOR:
+		case FUNC:
+		case IF:
+		case IN:
+		case IS:
+		case MATCH:
+		case NAMESPACE:
+		case NOT:
+		case OR:
+		case PASS:
+		case PRELOAD:
+		case RETURN:
+		case SELF:
+		case SIGNAL:
+		case STATIC:
+		case SUPER:
+		case TRAIT:
+		case UNDERSCORE:
+		case VAR:
+		case VOID:
+		case WHILE:
+		case YIELD:
+			return true;
+		default:
+			return false;
+	}
+}
+
 String GDScriptTokenizer::get_token_name(Token::Type p_token_type) {
 	ERR_FAIL_INDEX_V_MSG(p_token_type, Token::TK_MAX, "<error>", "Using token type out of the enum.");
 	return token_names[p_token_type];
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_tokenizer.h b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_tokenizer.h
index 956530341cd..100ed3f1325 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_tokenizer.h
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_tokenizer.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ public:
 
 		const char *get_name() const;
 		bool is_identifier() const;
+		bool is_node_name() const;
 		StringName get_identifier() const { return source; }
 
 		Token(Type p_type) {