diff --git a/base/abstractdict.jl b/base/abstractdict.jl
index c523a25cecd3f0..ab1ad2464cb4c2 100644
--- a/base/abstractdict.jl
+++ b/base/abstractdict.jl
@@ -536,12 +536,12 @@ function hash(a::AbstractDict, h::UInt)
     hash(hv, h)
 end
 
-function getindex(t::AbstractDict, key)
+function getindex(t::AbstractDict{<:Any,V}, key) where V
     v = get(t, key, secret_table_token)
     if v === secret_table_token
         throw(KeyError(key))
     end
-    return v
+    return v::V
 end
 
 # t[k1,k2,ks...] is syntactic sugar for t[(k1,k2,ks...)].  (Note