diff --git a/modules/gdnative/nativescript/nativescript.cpp b/modules/gdnative/nativescript/nativescript.cpp
index 37e72bf9f8..3e56275396 100644
--- a/modules/gdnative/nativescript/nativescript.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdnative/nativescript/nativescript.cpp
@@ -1711,8 +1711,7 @@ void NativeReloadNode::_notification(int p_what) {
 }
 
 RES ResourceFormatLoaderNativeScript::load(const String &p_path, const String &p_original_path, Error *r_error) {
-	ResourceFormatLoaderText rsflt;
-	return rsflt.load(p_path, p_original_path, r_error);
+	return ResourceFormatLoaderText::singleton->load(p_path, p_original_path, r_error);
 }
 
 void ResourceFormatLoaderNativeScript::get_recognized_extensions(List<String> *p_extensions) const {