diff --git a/src/vim9class.c b/src/vim9class.c
index d0ddcb8..e85cf82 100644
--- a/src/vim9class.c
+++ b/src/vim9class.c
@@ -3313,7 +3313,7 @@
 	    if (( m = class_member_lookup(super, name, len, NULL)) != NULL)
 	    {
 		cl_tmp = super;
-		vartype = VAR_OBJECT;
+		vartype = VAR_CLASS;
 	    }
 	}
 	if (cl_tmp == NULL)