diff --git a/core/variant/variant_internal.h b/core/variant/variant_internal.h
index c23066c0c675..782053b613e3 100644
--- a/core/variant/variant_internal.h
+++ b/core/variant/variant_internal.h
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ struct VariantTypeConstructor {
 
 	_FORCE_INLINE_ static void type_from_variant(void *r_value, void *p_variant) {
 		// r_value is provided by caller as uninitialized memory
-		memnew_placement(r_value, T(VariantInternalAccessor<T>::get(reinterpret_cast<Variant *>(p_variant))));
+		memnew_placement(r_value, T(*reinterpret_cast<Variant *>(p_variant)));
 	}
 };