diff --git a/stdlib/REPL/test/replcompletions.jl b/stdlib/REPL/test/replcompletions.jl
index 49838d4879dab..22ef938002514 100644
--- a/stdlib/REPL/test/replcompletions.jl
+++ b/stdlib/REPL/test/replcompletions.jl
@@ -2248,7 +2248,10 @@ let s = "using ...Issue52922.Inn"
     @test "Inner2" in c
 end
 
-struct Issue53126
+struct Issue53126 end
+Base.propertynames(::Issue53126) = error("this should not be called")
+let s = "Issue53126()."
+    c, r, res = test_complete_context(s)
+    @test res
+    @test isempty(c)
 end
-Base.propertynames(::Type{A}) = error()
-@test isempty(test_complete_foo(A))