diff --git a/packages/pyright-internal/src/analyzer/typeEvaluator.ts b/packages/pyright-internal/src/analyzer/typeEvaluator.ts
index 3cd8a7f0f..0f0d7e802 100644
--- a/packages/pyright-internal/src/analyzer/typeEvaluator.ts
+++ b/packages/pyright-internal/src/analyzer/typeEvaluator.ts
@@ -19466,7 +19466,7 @@ export function createTypeEvaluator(
                         if (isAbstract || methodAlwaysRaisesNotImplemented(functionDecl)) {
                             inferredReturnType = UnknownType.create();
                         } else {
-                            inferredReturnType = NeverType.createNoReturn();
+                            inferredReturnType = NeverType.createNever();
                         }
                     } else {
                         const inferredReturnTypes: Type[] = [];