diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
index a0e58e3a37c..852d4652068 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
@@ -5441,7 +5441,7 @@ GDScriptParser::DataType GDScriptParser::_get_operation_type(const Variant::Oper
 	if (b_type == Variant::INT || b_type == Variant::REAL) {
 		Variant::evaluate(Variant::OP_ADD, b, 1, b, r_valid);
 	}
-	if (a_type == Variant::STRING) {
+	if (a_type == Variant::STRING && b_type != Variant::ARRAY) {
 		a = "%s"; // Work around for formatting operator (%)
 	}