diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/Expression/CallAnalyzer.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/Expression/CallAnalyzer.php
index eae87fe4e..2b8d52721 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/Expression/CallAnalyzer.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/Expression/CallAnalyzer.php
@@ -1180,14 +1180,19 @@ class CallAnalyzer
         $codebase = $statements_analyzer->getCodebase();
 
         if ($method_id) {
-            if ($in_call_map || !strpos($method_id, '::')) {
+            if (!$in_call_map && strpos($method_id, '::')) {
+                $fq_class_name = explode('::', $method_id)[0];
+            }
+
+            if ($function_storage) {
+                $is_variadic = $function_storage->variadic;
+            } elseif ($fq_class_name === null) {
                 $is_variadic = $codebase->functions->isVariadic(
                     $codebase,
                     strtolower($method_id),
                     $statements_analyzer->getRootFilePath()
                 );
             } else {
-                $fq_class_name = explode('::', $method_id)[0];
                 $is_variadic = $codebase->methods->isVariadic($method_id);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/StatementsAnalyzer.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/StatementsAnalyzer.php
index be045f898..78f38cf68 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/StatementsAnalyzer.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/StatementsAnalyzer.php
@@ -2317,7 +2317,7 @@ class StatementsAnalyzer extends SourceAnalyzer implements StatementsSource
                     $is_expected = false;
 
                     foreach ($ignored_exceptions_and_descendants as $expected_exception => $_) {
-                        if ($expected_exception === $possibly_thrown_exception
+                        if ($expected_exception === strtolower($possibly_thrown_exception)
                             || $this->codebase->classExtends($possibly_thrown_exception, $expected_exception)
                         ) {
                             $is_expected = true;
diff --git a/tests/VariadicTest.php b/tests/VariadicTest.php
index 67a7b2917..306f098bd 100644
--- a/tests/VariadicTest.php
+++ b/tests/VariadicTest.php
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 <?php
 namespace Psalm\Tests;
 
+use Psalm\Config;
 use Psalm\Context;
+use Psalm\Tests\Internal\Provider;
+use function dirname;
+use function getcwd;
 
 class VariadicTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -29,6 +33,38 @@ class VariadicTest extends TestCase
         $this->analyzeFile('somefile.php', new Context());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @throws \Psalm\Exception\ConfigException
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testVariadicFunctionFromAutoloadFile()
+    {
+        $this->project_analyzer = $this->getProjectAnalyzerWithConfig(
+            TestConfig::loadFromXML(
+                dirname(__DIR__),
+                '<?xml version="1.0"?>
+                <psalm
+                    autoloader="tests/fixtures/stubs/custom_functions.php"
+                >
+                    <projectFiles>
+                        <directory name="src" />
+                    </projectFiles>
+                </psalm>'
+            )
+        );
+
+        $file_path = getcwd() . '/src/somefile.php';
+
+        $this->addFile(
+            $file_path,
+            '<?php
+                variadic2(16, 30);
+            '
+        );
+
+        $this->analyzeFile($file_path, new Context());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return iterable<string,array{string,1?:array<string,string>,2?:string[]}>
      */
@@ -91,4 +127,25 @@ class VariadicTest extends TestCase
             ],
         ];
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  Config $config
+     *
+     * @return \Psalm\Internal\Analyzer\ProjectAnalyzer
+     */
+    private function getProjectAnalyzerWithConfig(Config $config)
+    {
+        $project_analyzer = new \Psalm\Internal\Analyzer\ProjectAnalyzer(
+            $config,
+            new \Psalm\Internal\Provider\Providers(
+                $this->file_provider,
+                new Provider\FakeParserCacheProvider()
+            )
+        );
+        $project_analyzer->setPhpVersion('7.3');
+
+        $config->visitComposerAutoloadFiles($project_analyzer, null);
+
+        return $project_analyzer;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/stubs/custom_functions.php b/tests/fixtures/stubs/custom_functions.php
index 32d21d535..b9a1c76c3 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/stubs/custom_functions.php
+++ b/tests/fixtures/stubs/custom_functions.php
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@ function barBar(string $a) : string
 function variadic()
 {
 }
+
+function variadic2() : array
+{
+    return func_get_args();
+}