diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/gentree.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/gentree.cpp
index 3d3c23f1b10bda..455e30df7198d5 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/gentree.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/gentree.cpp
@@ -18261,6 +18261,10 @@ CORINFO_CLASS_HANDLE Compiler::gtGetClassHandle(GenTree* tree, bool* pIsExact, b
             *pIsExact = true;
             objClass  = exactClass;
         }
+        else
+        {
+            *pIsExact = impIsClassExact(objClass);
+        }
     }
 
     return objClass;