diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_function.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_function.cpp
index 37177a8cfd9..1aab71d1610 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_function.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_function.cpp
@@ -363,6 +363,8 @@ Variant GDScriptFunction::call(GDScriptInstance *p_instance, const Variant **p_a
 		}
 	}
 
+	static_ref = script;
+
 	String err_text;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_ENABLED