diff --git a/src/Godot.SourceGeneration/EntryPointGenerator.cs b/src/Godot.SourceGeneration/EntryPointGenerator.cs
index ef6df70..abd2230 100644
--- a/src/Godot.SourceGeneration/EntryPointGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/Godot.SourceGeneration/EntryPointGenerator.cs
@@ -35,36 +35,32 @@ public void Initialize(IncrementalGeneratorInitializationContext context)
             .Where(spec => spec is not null)
             .Select((spec, ct) => spec!.Value)
             .Collect()
-            // Sort for base classes to to be registered before derived classes.
+            // Sort for base classes to be registered before derived classes.
             .Select((specs, ct) =>
             {
                 Dictionary<string, GodotRegistrationSpec> specByTypeName = [];
-                Dictionary<string, int> derivedTypeCountByBaseTypeName = [];
-
                 foreach (var spec in specs)
                 {
-                    specByTypeName.Add(spec.FullyQualifiedSymbolName, spec);
-
-                    if (!derivedTypeCountByBaseTypeName.TryGetValue(spec.FullyQualifiedSymbolName, out int derivedTypeCount))
-                    {
-                        derivedTypeCountByBaseTypeName.Add(spec.FullyQualifiedSymbolName, 0);
-                        derivedTypeCount++;
-                    }
+                    specByTypeName[spec.FullyQualifiedSymbolName] = spec;
+                }
 
+                // Number of ancestors (transitively) that are also registered in this assembly.
+                // A base type therefore has a strictly lower depth than any type deriving from it,
+                // so ordering by depth guarantees base classes register before derived classes.
+                int GetRegisteredAncestorDepth(GodotRegistrationSpec spec)
+                {
+                    int depth = 0;
                     string baseTypeName = spec.FullyQualifiedBaseSymbolName;
-                    while (specByTypeName.TryGetValue(baseTypeName, out var baseTypeNameType))
+                    while (specByTypeName.TryGetValue(baseTypeName, out var baseSpec))
                     {
-                        derivedTypeCountByBaseTypeName[baseTypeName] += derivedTypeCount;
-                        baseTypeName = baseTypeNameType.FullyQualifiedBaseSymbolName;
+                        depth++;
+                        baseTypeName = baseSpec.FullyQualifiedBaseSymbolName;
                     }
-
-                    derivedTypeCountByBaseTypeName.TryGetValue(baseTypeName, out int oldDerivedTypeCount);
-                    derivedTypeCountByBaseTypeName[baseTypeName] = oldDerivedTypeCount + derivedTypeCount;
+                    return depth;
                 }
 
-                return specByTypeName
-                    .OrderByDescending(kvp => derivedTypeCountByBaseTypeName[kvp.Key])
-                    .Select(kvp => kvp.Value)
+                return specs
+                    .OrderBy(GetRegisteredAncestorDepth)
                     .ToImmutableArray();
             });
 
diff --git a/tests/Godot.SourceGeneration.Tests/EntryPointGeneratorTests.cs b/tests/Godot.SourceGeneration.Tests/EntryPointGeneratorTests.cs
index 1c3f392..991a7e6 100644
--- a/tests/Godot.SourceGeneration.Tests/EntryPointGeneratorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Godot.SourceGeneration.Tests/EntryPointGeneratorTests.cs
@@ -32,4 +32,13 @@ await Verifier.Verify(
             [("Main.generated.cs", "MainWithInheritance.generated.cs")]
         );
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task BaseTypesRegisteredBeforeDerivedTypesWhenDeclaredDerivedFirst()
+    {
+        await Verifier.Verify(
+            ["NodesWithInheritanceReversed.cs"],
+            [("Main.generated.cs", "MainWithInheritanceReversed.generated.cs")]
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Godot.SourceGeneration.Tests/TestData/GeneratedSources/MainWithInheritance.generated.cs b/tests/Godot.SourceGeneration.Tests/TestData/GeneratedSources/MainWithInheritance.generated.cs
index f4e76b3..83a4637 100644
--- a/tests/Godot.SourceGeneration.Tests/TestData/GeneratedSources/MainWithInheritance.generated.cs
+++ b/tests/Godot.SourceGeneration.Tests/TestData/GeneratedSources/MainWithInheritance.generated.cs
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ internal static void InitializeUserTypes(global::Godot.Bridge.InitializationLeve
             return;
         }
         global::Godot.Bridge.GodotRegistry.RegisterRuntimeClass<global::NS.BaseType>(global::NS.BaseType.BindMembers);
-        global::Godot.Bridge.GodotRegistry.RegisterRuntimeClass<global::NS.DerivedType3>(global::NS.DerivedType3.BindMembers);
         global::Godot.Bridge.GodotRegistry.RegisterRuntimeClass<global::NS.DerivedType>(global::NS.DerivedType.BindMembers);
         global::Godot.Bridge.GodotRegistry.RegisterRuntimeClass<global::NS.DerivedType2>(global::NS.DerivedType2.BindMembers);
+        global::Godot.Bridge.GodotRegistry.RegisterRuntimeClass<global::NS.DerivedType3>(global::NS.DerivedType3.BindMembers);
         global::Godot.Bridge.GodotRegistry.RegisterRuntimeClass<global::NS.HighlyDerivedType>(global::NS.HighlyDerivedType.BindMembers);
     }
     internal static void DeinitializeUserTypes(global::Godot.Bridge.InitializationLevel level)
diff --git a/tests/Godot.SourceGeneration.Tests/TestData/GeneratedSources/MainWithInheritanceReversed.generated.cs b/tests/Godot.SourceGeneration.Tests/TestData/GeneratedSources/MainWithInheritanceReversed.generated.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e157bea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Godot.SourceGeneration.Tests/TestData/GeneratedSources/MainWithInheritanceReversed.generated.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+[assembly: global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.DisableRuntimeMarshalling]
+
+#nullable enable
+
+namespace @TestProject;
+
+static partial class Main
+{
+    internal static void InitializeTypes(global::Godot.Bridge.InitializationLevel level)
+    {
+        ClassDBExtensions.InitializeUserTypes(level);
+    }
+    internal static void DeinitializeTypes(global::Godot.Bridge.InitializationLevel level)
+    {
+        ClassDBExtensions.DeinitializeUserTypes(level);
+    }
+    [global::System.Runtime.InteropServices.UnmanagedCallersOnly(EntryPoint = "init")]
+    internal static bool Init(nint getProcAddress, nint library, nint initialization)
+    {
+        global::Godot.Bridge.GodotBridge.Initialize(getProcAddress, library, initialization, config =>
+        {
+            config.SetMinimumLibraryInitializationLevel(global::Godot.Bridge.InitializationLevel.Scene);
+            config.RegisterInitializer(InitializeTypes);
+            config.RegisterTerminator(DeinitializeTypes);
+        });
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+internal static class ClassDBExtensions
+{
+    internal static void InitializeUserTypes(global::Godot.Bridge.InitializationLevel level)
+    {
+        if (level != global::Godot.Bridge.InitializationLevel.Scene)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        global::Godot.Bridge.GodotRegistry.RegisterRuntimeClass<global::NS.Mob>(global::NS.Mob.BindMembers);
+        global::Godot.Bridge.GodotRegistry.RegisterRuntimeClass<global::NS.Enemy>(global::NS.Enemy.BindMembers);
+        global::Godot.Bridge.GodotRegistry.RegisterRuntimeClass<global::NS.Bat>(global::NS.Bat.BindMembers);
+    }
+    internal static void DeinitializeUserTypes(global::Godot.Bridge.InitializationLevel level)
+    {
+        if (level != global::Godot.Bridge.InitializationLevel.Scene)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Godot.SourceGeneration.Tests/TestData/Sources/NodesWithInheritanceReversed.cs b/tests/Godot.SourceGeneration.Tests/TestData/Sources/NodesWithInheritanceReversed.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af8a911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Godot.SourceGeneration.Tests/TestData/Sources/NodesWithInheritanceReversed.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using Godot;
+using Godot.Bridge;
+
+namespace NS;
+
+[GodotClass]
+public partial class Bat : Enemy
+{
+    public new static void BindMembers(ClassRegistrationContext context) { }
+}
+
+[GodotClass]
+public partial class Enemy : Mob
+{
+    public new static void BindMembers(ClassRegistrationContext context) { }
+}
+
+[GodotClass]
+public partial class Mob : Node
+{
+    public static void BindMembers(ClassRegistrationContext context) { }
+}