diff --git a/stage0/sema.c b/stage0/sema.c
index 530f322f47..93a8402df9 100644
--- a/stage0/sema.c
+++ b/stage0/sema.c
@@ -5388,13 +5388,18 @@ static TypeIndex resolveFuncRetType(Sema* sema, const FuncZirInfo* info) {
         return IP_INDEX_VOID_TYPE;
     if (info->ret_ty_body_len == 1) {
         ZirInstRef ret_ty_ref = sema->code.extra[info->ret_ty_ref_pos];
-        if (ret_ty_ref < ZIR_REF_START_INDEX)
-            return ret_ty_ref;
-        // Generic return type (e.g. param_comptime ref) — can't resolve
-        // statically. Return void; caller handles cross-module fallback.
+        // Use resolveZirTypeRef which handles both pre-interned refs
+        // (<ZIR_REF_START_INDEX) and single-instruction type bodies
+        // (e.g. ptr_type, int_type, array_type, etc.).
+        // Ported from src/Sema.zig zirFunc: resolveType(block, src,
+        // ret_ty_ref).
+        InternPoolIndex resolved = resolveZirTypeRef(
+            sema, &sema->code, ret_ty_ref, UINT32_MAX, sema->file_idx);
+        if (resolved != IP_INDEX_NONE)
+            return resolved;
         return IP_INDEX_VOID_TYPE;
     }
-    // Multi-instruction return type body — not yet supported for inline.
+    // Multi-instruction return type body: caller handles via analyzeBodyInner.
     return IP_INDEX_VOID_TYPE;
 }