diff --git a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_node_tree_interface.cc b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_node_tree_interface.cc
index 320b883d2b4..eccb6ea2847 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_node_tree_interface.cc
+++ b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_node_tree_interface.cc
@@ -1003,6 +1003,20 @@ static bool rna_NodeTreeInterface_items_lookup_string(PointerRNA *ptr,
   }
 
   ntree->ensure_interface_cache();
+  for (bNodeTreeInterfaceItem *item : ntree->interface_items()) {
+    switch (NodeTreeInterfaceItemType(item->item_type)) {
+      case NODE_INTERFACE_SOCKET: {
+        bNodeTreeInterfaceSocket *socket = reinterpret_cast<bNodeTreeInterfaceSocket *>(item);
+        if (STREQ(socket->identifier, key)) {
+          rna_pointer_create_with_ancestors(*ptr, &RNA_NodeTreeInterfaceSocket, socket, *r_ptr);
+          return true;
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+  }
   for (bNodeTreeInterfaceItem *item : ntree->interface_items()) {
     switch (NodeTreeInterfaceItemType(item->item_type)) {
       case NODE_INTERFACE_SOCKET: {