diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/Expression/Assignment/ArrayAssignmentAnalyzer.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/Expression/Assignment/ArrayAssignmentAnalyzer.php
index a080bea80..c071a7411 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/Expression/Assignment/ArrayAssignmentAnalyzer.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/Expression/Assignment/ArrayAssignmentAnalyzer.php
@@ -514,11 +514,8 @@ class ArrayAssignmentAnalyzer
                 $array_atomic_key_type = Type::getArrayKey();
             }
 
-            if ($offset_already_existed
-                && $parent_var_id
-                && ($parent_type = $context->vars_in_scope[$parent_var_id] ?? null)
-            ) {
-                if ($parent_type->hasList() && strpos($parent_var_id, '[') === false) {
+            if ($parent_var_id && ($parent_type = $context->vars_in_scope[$parent_var_id] ?? null)) {
+                if ($offset_already_existed && $parent_type->hasList() && strpos($parent_var_id, '[') === false) {
                     $array_atomic_type_list = $value_type;
                 } elseif ($parent_type->hasClassStringMap()
                     && $key_type