diff --git a/servers/rendering/shader_language.cpp b/servers/rendering/shader_language.cpp
index 8e1d4ffdd54..8db2c30a68e 100644
--- a/servers/rendering/shader_language.cpp
+++ b/servers/rendering/shader_language.cpp
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ bool ShaderLanguage::_validate_operator(OperatorNode *p_op, DataType *r_ret_type
 			DataType nb = p_op->arguments[1]->get_datatype();
 
 			if (na == nb) {
-				valid = (na > TYPE_BOOL && na < TYPE_MAT2) || (p_op->op == OP_ASSIGN_MUL && na >= TYPE_MAT2 && na <= TYPE_MAT4);
+				valid = (na > TYPE_BOOL && na <= TYPE_MAT4);
 				ret_type = na;
 			} else if (na == TYPE_IVEC2 && nb == TYPE_INT) {
 				valid = true;