diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_editor.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_editor.cpp
index faaff5334410..4ab3e9f5ad29 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_editor.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_editor.cpp
@@ -2676,10 +2676,6 @@ static bool _get_subscript_type(GDScriptParser::CompletionContext &p_context, co
 	if (p_context.base == nullptr) {
 		return false;
 	}
-	if (p_subscript->base->datatype.type_source == GDScriptParser::DataType::ANNOTATED_EXPLICIT) {
-		// Annotated type takes precedence.
-		return false;
-	}
 
 	const GDScriptParser::GetNodeNode *get_node = nullptr;
 
@@ -2689,6 +2685,11 @@ static bool _get_subscript_type(GDScriptParser::CompletionContext &p_context, co
 		} break;
 
 		case GDScriptParser::Node::IDENTIFIER: {
+			if (p_subscript->base->datatype.type_source == GDScriptParser::DataType::ANNOTATED_EXPLICIT) {
+				// Annotated type takes precedence.
+				return false;
+			}
+
 			const GDScriptParser::IdentifierNode *identifier_node = static_cast<GDScriptParser::IdentifierNode *>(p_subscript->base);
 
 			switch (identifier_node->source) {