diff --git a/execution.py b/execution.py
index ca8a02846..00e4c2aae 100644
--- a/execution.py
+++ b/execution.py
@@ -1113,12 +1113,6 @@ def full_type_name(klass):
         return klass.__qualname__
     return module + '.' + klass.__qualname__
 
-def _v1_function_resolves(node):
-    """Whether node.FUNCTION names a callable on node (a class or an instance)."""
-    function_name = getattr(node, "FUNCTION", None)
-    return function_name is not None and callable(getattr(node, function_name, None))
-
-
 def node_not_executable_reason(class_def, class_type):
     """Return a human-readable reason the node cannot be executed, or None if it's fine.
 
@@ -1126,21 +1120,22 @@ def node_not_executable_reason(class_def, class_type):
     (e.g. a V1 ``FUNCTION = "invert"`` where the method is misspelled, or a V3 node
     missing its ``execute`` override). Running this during validation surfaces the
     problem before execution starts, instead of after upstream nodes have run.
+
+    Only the class is inspected; the node is never instantiated here, so a node's
+    ``__init__`` side effects cannot run (or fail) during validation.
     """
     try:
         if issubclass(class_def, _ComfyNodeInternal):
             # V3: validates that execute()/define_schema() overrides exist.
             class_def.VALIDATE_CLASS()
             return None
-        # V1: FUNCTION names the method to call. Check the class first (the common
-        # case); fall back to an instance, since the node is invoked on an instance
-        # and may define FUNCTION or its method in __init__.
-        if _v1_function_resolves(class_def) or _v1_function_resolves(class_def()):
-            return None
+        # V1: FUNCTION names the method to call; it must exist on the class.
         function_name = getattr(class_def, "FUNCTION", None)
         if function_name is None:
             return f"'{class_type}' does not define FUNCTION"
-        return f"'{class_type}' has no method '{function_name}' (declared in FUNCTION)"
+        if not callable(getattr(class_def, function_name, None)):
+            return f"'{class_type}' has no method '{function_name}' (declared in FUNCTION)"
+        return None
     except Exception as ex:
         return str(ex)
 
diff --git a/tests-unit/execution_test/validate_node_executable_test.py b/tests-unit/execution_test/validate_node_executable_test.py
index 7c3203ccb..694163b58 100644
--- a/tests-unit/execution_test/validate_node_executable_test.py
+++ b/tests-unit/execution_test/validate_node_executable_test.py
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ class _TypoV1Node:
         return (None,)
 
 
-class _InstanceMethodV1Node:
-    """Defines its FUNCTION method on the instance, as the runtime resolves it."""
+class _SideEffectInitV1Node:
+    """Valid class-level method, but a constructor that must never run in validation."""
     @classmethod
     def INPUT_TYPES(cls):
         return {"required": {}}
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ class _InstanceMethodV1Node:
     CATEGORY = "Test"
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self.run = lambda: (None,)
+        raise RuntimeError("__init__ must not run during validation")
+
+    def run(self):
+        return (None,)
 
 
 def _v3_schema(node_id):
@@ -111,11 +114,11 @@ def test_typo_node_rejected_with_node_error():
     assert "invert" in node_errors["1"]["errors"][0]["details"]
 
 
-def test_instance_defined_method_not_false_positived():
-    """A node whose method is defined in __init__ runs fine and must not be blocked."""
-    _register("InstanceMethodV1Node", _InstanceMethodV1Node)
-    assert node_not_executable_reason(_InstanceMethodV1Node, "InstanceMethodV1Node") is None
-    valid, _, _, _ = _validate("InstanceMethodV1Node")
+def test_validation_does_not_instantiate_node():
+    """A valid node is not constructed during validation, so __init__ never runs."""
+    _register("SideEffectInitV1Node", _SideEffectInitV1Node)
+    assert node_not_executable_reason(_SideEffectInitV1Node, "SideEffectInitV1Node") is None
+    valid, _, _, _ = _validate("SideEffectInitV1Node")
     assert valid is True