diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a93a8346..9165bc6ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - ESP32 enable webcam version 2 (#18732)
 
 ### Fixed
+- Berry prevent `import` from hiding a solidified class
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/lib/libesp32/berry/src/be_parser.c b/lib/libesp32/berry/src/be_parser.c
index 9737cdf81..4fc03b793 100644
--- a/lib/libesp32/berry/src/be_parser.c
+++ b/lib/libesp32/berry/src/be_parser.c
@@ -488,7 +488,10 @@ static void new_var(bparser *parser, bstring *name, bexpdesc *var)
         var->v.idx = new_localvar(parser, name); /* if local, contains the index in current local var list */
     } else {
         init_exp(var, ETGLOBAL, 0);
-        var->v.idx = be_global_new(parser->vm, name);
+        var->v.idx = be_global_find(parser->vm, name);
+        if (var->v.idx < 0) {
+            var->v.idx = be_global_new(parser->vm, name);
+        }
         if (var->v.idx > (int)IBx_MASK) {
             push_error(parser,
                 "too many global variables (in '%s')", str(name));