diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
index d8a06a8663b..b4da94e4486 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
@@ -4001,7 +4001,7 @@ String GDScriptParser::DataType::to_string() const {
 			if (is_meta_type) {
 				return script_type->get_class_name().operator String();
 			}
-			String name = script_type->get_name();
+			String name = script_type != nullptr ? script_type->get_name() : "";
 			if (!name.is_empty()) {
 				return name;
 			}