diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/StatementsAnalyzer.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/StatementsAnalyzer.php
index e2397577d..2e7dedee3 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/StatementsAnalyzer.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/StatementsAnalyzer.php
@@ -344,6 +344,10 @@ class StatementsAnalyzer extends SourceAnalyzer
             && !$context->collect_mutations
             && !($stmt instanceof PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Nop)
             && !($stmt instanceof PhpParser\Node\Stmt\InlineHTML)
+            && !($stmt instanceof PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Function_)
+            && !($stmt instanceof PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Class_)
+            && !($stmt instanceof PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Interface_)
+            && !($stmt instanceof PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Trait_)
         ) {
             if ($codebase->find_unused_variables) {
                 if (IssueBuffer::accepts(
diff --git a/tests/UnusedCodeTest.php b/tests/UnusedCodeTest.php
index 1f46d3f92..51daf56f0 100644
--- a/tests/UnusedCodeTest.php
+++ b/tests/UnusedCodeTest.php
@@ -1056,6 +1056,18 @@ class UnusedCodeTest extends TestCase
                     `$used`;
                 ',
             ],
+            'notUnevaluatedFunction' => [
+                '<?php
+                    function neverReturns(): never{
+                        die();
+                    }
+                    unrelated();
+                    neverReturns();
+
+                    function unrelated(){
+                        echo "hello";
+                    }',
+            ],
         ];
     }