diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
index 225c2736b8b..ecaf79d6cdd 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_parser.cpp
@@ -5438,6 +5438,9 @@ GDScriptParser::DataType GDScriptParser::_get_operation_type(const Variant::Oper
 	if (b_type == Variant::INT || b_type == Variant::REAL) {
 		Variant::evaluate(Variant::OP_ADD, b, 1, b, r_valid);
 	}
+	if (a_type == Variant::STRING) {
+		a = "%s"; // Work around for formatting operator (%)
+	}
 
 	Variant ret;
 	Variant::evaluate(p_op, a, b, ret, r_valid);