diff --git a/ets2panda/linter/src/lib/TypeScriptLinter.ts b/ets2panda/linter/src/lib/TypeScriptLinter.ts
index c6c80448bc57d1644e616a5dbe8952548e49052e..ee42dcbb4bed991ccb7cf36539c35b8ae64c6478 100644
--- a/ets2panda/linter/src/lib/TypeScriptLinter.ts
+++ b/ets2panda/linter/src/lib/TypeScriptLinter.ts
@@ -8889,11 +8889,12 @@ export class TypeScriptLinter extends BaseTypeScriptLinter {
         return;
       }
 
-      if (className && isStaticPropertyAccess(returnStmt.expression, className)) {
+      const returnType = this.tsTypeChecker.getTypeAtLocation(returnStmt.expression); 
+      if (className && isStaticPropertyAccess(returnStmt.expression, className) && returnType.isUnion()) {
         this.incrementCounters(returnStmt, FaultID.NoTsLikeSmartType);
       }
 
-      if (isInstancePropertyAccess(returnStmt.expression)) {
+      if (isInstancePropertyAccess(returnStmt.expression) && returnType.isUnion()) {
         this.incrementCounters(returnStmt, FaultID.NoTsLikeSmartType);
       }
     });
diff --git a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/no_ts_like_smart_type.ets b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/no_ts_like_smart_type.ets
index 01a023bc1fb85ad7b5d4f8c352dd8ef27e1beb15..3a4d7ee28d66e130c6375b18bfdc3baa0a308241 100755
--- a/ets2panda/linter/test/main/no_ts_like_smart_type.ets
+++ b/ets2panda/linter/test/main/no_ts_like_smart_type.ets
@@ -31,4 +31,10 @@ class AA2 {
         }
         return this.instance;   // Error
     }
+}
+class A {
+    private static instance:A = new A();
+        static get():A {
+        return A.instance;
+    }
 }
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