diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/tst_qmllint.cpp b/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/tst_qmllint.cpp
index f801e17ebd..a835624f07 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/tst_qmllint.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmllint/tst_qmllint.cpp
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ void TestQmllint::dirtyQmlCode_data()
             << false;
     QTest::newRow("anchors3")
             << QStringLiteral("anchors3.qml")
-            << QString()
+            << QString("Cannot assign binding of type QQuickItem to QQuickAnchorLine")
             << QString()
             << false;
     QTest::newRow("nanchors1")
@@ -753,7 +753,6 @@ void TestQmllint::dirtyQmlCode()
     const QString output = runQmllint(filename, [&](QProcess &process) {
         QVERIFY(process.waitForFinished());
         QCOMPARE(process.exitStatus(), QProcess::NormalExit);
-        QEXPECT_FAIL("anchors3", "We don't see that QQuickItem cannot be assigned to QQuickAnchorLine", Abort);
         QEXPECT_FAIL("attachedPropertyAccess", "We cannot discern between types and instances",
                      Abort);
         QEXPECT_FAIL("attachedPropertyNested", "We cannot discern between types and instances",
diff --git a/tools/qmllint/codegen.cpp b/tools/qmllint/codegen.cpp
index 343d427c39..4b9137316b 100644
--- a/tools/qmllint/codegen.cpp
+++ b/tools/qmllint/codegen.cpp
@@ -296,9 +296,9 @@ bool Codegen::generateFunction(const QV4::Compiler::Context *context, Function *
         for (const QQmlJS::AST::BoundName &argument : qAsConst(arguments)) {
             if (argument.typeAnnotation) {
                 const auto rawType = m_typeResolver->typeFromAST(argument.typeAnnotation->type);
-                if (const auto storedType = m_typeResolver->storedType(
+                if (m_typeResolver->storedType(
                             rawType, QQmlJSTypeResolver::ComponentIsGeneric::Yes)) {
-                    function->argumentTypes.append(storedType);
+                    function->argumentTypes.append(rawType);
                     continue;
                 } else {
                     return error(QStringLiteral("Cannot store the argument type %1.")
@@ -323,10 +323,8 @@ bool Codegen::generateFunction(const QV4::Compiler::Context *context, Function *
     }
 
     if (function->returnType) {
-        if (auto returnType = m_typeResolver->storedType(
+        if (!m_typeResolver->storedType(
                     function->returnType, QQmlJSTypeResolver::ComponentIsGeneric::Yes)) {
-            function->returnType = returnType;
-        } else {
             return error(QStringLiteral("Cannot store the return type %1.")
                                  .arg(function->returnType->internalName()));
         }