diff --git a/mypy/checkexpr.py b/mypy/checkexpr.py
index 54d5f19d164e..47e6f0cc1a94 100644
--- a/mypy/checkexpr.py
+++ b/mypy/checkexpr.py
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ def analyze_ref_expr(self, e: RefExpr, lvalue: bool = False) -> Type:
         elif isinstance(node, FuncDef):
             # Reference to a global function.
             result = function_type(node, self.named_type('builtins.function'))
-        elif isinstance(node, OverloadedFuncDef):
+        elif isinstance(node, OverloadedFuncDef) and node.type is not None:
+            # node.type is None when there are multiple definitions of a function
+            # and it's decorated by somthing that is not typing.overload
             result = node.type
         elif isinstance(node, TypeInfo):
             # Reference to a type object.
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-overloading.test b/test-data/unit/check-overloading.test
index e7811fc8e350..def88186a74f 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/check-overloading.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-overloading.test
@@ -1,4 +1,26 @@
 -- Test cases for function overloading
+[case testOverloadNotImportedNoCrash]
+@overload
+def f(a): pass
+@overload
+def f(a): pass
+def f(a): pass
+f(0)
+
+@overload  # E: Name 'overload' is not defined
+def g(a:int): pass
+def g(a): pass  # E: Name 'g' already defined
+g(0)
+
+@something  # E: Name 'something' is not defined
+def r(a:int): pass
+def r(a): pass  # E: Name 'r' already defined
+r(0)
+[out]
+main:1: error: Name 'overload' is not defined
+main:3: error: Name 'f' already defined
+main:3: error: Name 'overload' is not defined
+main:5: error: Name 'f' already defined
 
 [case testTypeCheckOverloadWithImplementation]
 from typing import overload, Any