diff --git a/python-frontend/src/main/java/org/sonar/python/semantic/v2/ProjectLevelTypeTable.java b/python-frontend/src/main/java/org/sonar/python/semantic/v2/ProjectLevelTypeTable.java
index ef6d012962..377f21957f 100644
--- a/python-frontend/src/main/java/org/sonar/python/semantic/v2/ProjectLevelTypeTable.java
+++ b/python-frontend/src/main/java/org/sonar/python/semantic/v2/ProjectLevelTypeTable.java
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ public PythonType getType(List<String> typeFqnParts) {
       if (parent instanceof ModuleType moduleType) {
         TypeWrapper typeWrapper = moduleType.members().get(part);
         if (typeWrapper instanceof LazyTypeWrapper lazyTypeWrapper && !lazyTypeWrapper.isResolved()) {
-          if (i == typeFqnParts.size() - 1 && !fqnSameAsImportedPath(typeFqnParts, lazyTypeWrapper)) {
-            // this is the name we are looking for and its imported path is not the one we are trying to find, resolve it
+          if (shouldResolveImmediately(lazyTypeWrapper, typeFqnParts, i)) {
+            // We try to resolve the type of the member if it points to a different module.
+            // If it points to the same module, we try to resolve the submodule of the same name
             return typeWrapper.type();
           }
 
@@ -91,8 +92,8 @@ public PythonType getType(List<String> typeFqnParts) {
     return parent;
   }
 
-  private static boolean fqnSameAsImportedPath(List<String> typeFqnParts, LazyTypeWrapper lazyTypeWrapper) {
-    return lazyTypeWrapper.hasImportPath(String.join(".", typeFqnParts));
+  private static boolean shouldResolveImmediately(LazyTypeWrapper lazyTypeWrapper, List<String> typeFqnParts, int i) {
+    return i == typeFqnParts.size() - 1 && !(lazyTypeWrapper.hasImportPath(String.join(".", typeFqnParts)));
   }
 
   /**