diff --git a/ets2panda/checker/ETSAnalyzer.cpp b/ets2panda/checker/ETSAnalyzer.cpp
index 951f2217220594c4f069a014cf96b7d906716a2c..b6cfe53d81b90e4ad54e36b03fb3ce312cb66f72 100644
--- a/ets2panda/checker/ETSAnalyzer.cpp
+++ b/ets2panda/checker/ETSAnalyzer.cpp
@@ -3208,6 +3208,14 @@ static bool CheckIsValidReturnTypeAnnotation(ir::ReturnStatement *st, ir::Script
 
     // only extension function and class method could return `this`;
     bool inValidNormalFuncReturnThisType = st->Argument() == nullptr || !st->Argument()->IsThisExpression();
+
+    if (st->Argument() != nullptr && st->Argument()->IsCallExpression() &&
+        st->Argument()->AsCallExpression()->Callee()->IsMemberExpression() &&
+        st->Argument()->AsCallExpression()->Callee()->AsMemberExpression()->Object() != nullptr &&
+        st->Argument()->AsCallExpression()->Callee()->AsMemberExpression()->Object()->IsThisExpression()) {
+        inValidNormalFuncReturnThisType = false;
+    }
+
     bool inValidExtensionFuncReturnThisType =
         !containingFunc->HasReceiver() ||
         (containingFunc->HasReceiver() && (st->Argument() == nullptr || !st->Argument()->IsIdentifier() ||
diff --git a/ets2panda/test/runtime/ets/method_that_returns_this.ets b/ets2panda/test/runtime/ets/method_that_returns_this.ets
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cde6ff98fb183dc86f56b85f7562da238c5752ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ets2panda/test/runtime/ets/method_that_returns_this.ets
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+class C {
+    foo(): this {
+        return this
+    }
+    bar(): this {
+        return this.foo()
+    }
+    a: string = "classC";
+}
+
+class D extends C {
+    foo(): this {
+        return this
+    }
+    a: string = "classD";
+}
+
+function main() {
+    let c = new C()
+    arktest.assertEQ(c.foo().a, "classC")
+    arktest.assertEQ(c.bar().a, "classC")
+    let x = new C().foo()
+    let y = new D().foo()
+    arktest.assertEQ(x.a, "classC")
+    arktest.assertEQ(y.a, "classD")
+}