diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
index cfcae1d7be6..cdeaa70e5f6 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
@@ -2802,6 +2802,9 @@ void GDScriptAnalyzer::reduce_binary_op(GDScriptParser::BinaryOpNode *p_binary_o
 	}
 
 	if (!left_type.is_set() || !right_type.is_set()) {
+		GDScriptParser::DataType dummy;
+		dummy.kind = GDScriptParser::DataType::VARIANT;
+		p_binary_op->set_datatype(dummy);
 		return;
 	}