diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_compiler.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_compiler.cpp
index fad2bf334b4..09c8954e640 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_compiler.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_compiler.cpp
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ GDScriptCodeGenerator::Address GDScriptCompiler::_parse_expression(CodeGen &code
 			// Try class members.
 			if (_is_class_member_property(codegen, identifier)) {
 				// Get property.
-				GDScriptCodeGenerator::Address temp = codegen.add_temporary(); // TODO: Could get the type of the class member here.
+				GDScriptCodeGenerator::Address temp = codegen.add_temporary(_gdtype_from_datatype(p_expression->get_datatype(), codegen.script));
 				gen->write_get_member(temp, identifier);
 				return temp;
 			}
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/features/conversions_from_native_members.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/features/conversions_from_native_members.gd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a778fb1a946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/features/conversions_from_native_members.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class Foo extends Node:
+	func _init():
+		name = 'f'
+		var string: String = name
+		assert(typeof(string) == TYPE_STRING)
+		assert(string == 'f')
+		print('ok')
+
+func test():
+	var foo := Foo.new()
+	foo.free()
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/features/conversions_from_native_members.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/features/conversions_from_native_members.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b47ed10dc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/features/conversions_from_native_members.out
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+GDTEST_OK
+ok