diff --git a/src/navigation/nav-controller-base.ts b/src/navigation/nav-controller-base.ts
index dd2c282c19..13502d9f38 100644
--- a/src/navigation/nav-controller-base.ts
+++ b/src/navigation/nav-controller-base.ts
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ export class NavControllerBase extends Ion implements NavController {
     return !!this._child;
   }
 
-  getActiveChildNav(): NavigationContainer {
+  getActiveChildNav(): any {
     return this._child;
   }