diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_editor.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_editor.cpp
index 8f83c262fba..4b4eb1af148 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_editor.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_editor.cpp
@@ -1925,7 +1925,7 @@ static bool _guess_expression_type(GDScriptParser::CompletionContext &p_context,
 						}
 					}
 
-					if (!found && base.value.get_type() != Variant::NIL) {
+					if (!found) {
 						found = _guess_method_return_type_from_base(c, base, call->function_name, r_type);
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/completion/common/infer_return_type_without_value.cfg b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/completion/common/infer_return_type_without_value.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e8f996aa037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/completion/common/infer_return_type_without_value.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[output]
+include=[
+    ; String
+    {"display": "begins_with(…)"},
+]
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/completion/common/infer_return_type_without_value.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/completion/common/infer_return_type_without_value.gd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e271b37eebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/completion/common/infer_return_type_without_value.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class B:
+	func to_str(b: int):
+		return str(b)
+
+var a: B
+
+func _ready():
+	a.to_str(10).➡
+    pass