diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/TypeExpander.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/TypeExpander.php
index 6a5215222..bbfbc5b37 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/TypeExpander.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/TypeExpander.php
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ class TypeExpander
     ): Union {
         $new_return_type_parts = [];
 
-        $had_split_values = false;
-
         foreach ($return_type->getAtomicTypes() as $return_type_part) {
             $parts = self::expandAtomic(
                 $codebase,
@@ -94,21 +92,13 @@ class TypeExpander
                 $throw_on_unresolvable_constant,
             );
 
-            if ($return_type_part instanceof TTypeAlias || count($parts) > 1) {
-                $had_split_values = true;
-            }
-
             $new_return_type_parts = [...$new_return_type_parts, ...$parts];
         }
 
-        if ($had_split_values) {
-            $fleshed_out_type = TypeCombiner::combine(
-                $new_return_type_parts,
-                $codebase,
-            );
-        } else {
-            $fleshed_out_type = new Union($new_return_type_parts);
-        }
+        $fleshed_out_type = TypeCombiner::combine(
+            $new_return_type_parts,
+            $codebase,
+        );
 
         $fleshed_out_type->from_docblock = $return_type->from_docblock;
         $fleshed_out_type->ignore_nullable_issues = $return_type->ignore_nullable_issues;
diff --git a/tests/TypeAnnotationTest.php b/tests/TypeAnnotationTest.php
index ad4fbf692..8cd1fb218 100644
--- a/tests/TypeAnnotationTest.php
+++ b/tests/TypeAnnotationTest.php
@@ -771,6 +771,38 @@ class TypeAnnotationTest extends TestCase
                     '$output===' => 'array{phone: string}',
                 ],
             ],
+            'combineAliasOfArrayAndArrayCorrectly' => [
+                'code' => '<?php
+
+                    /**
+                     * @psalm-type C = array{c: string}
+                     */
+                    class A {}
+
+                    /**
+                     * @template F
+                     */
+                    class D {
+                        /**
+                         * @param F $data
+                         */
+                        public function __construct(public $data) {}
+                    }
+
+
+                    /**
+                     * @psalm-import-type C from A
+                     */
+                    class G {
+
+                        /**
+                         * @param D<array{b: bool}>|D<C> $_doesNotWork
+                         */
+                        public function doesNotWork($_doesNotWork): void {
+                            /** @psalm-check-type-exact $_doesNotWork = D<array{b?: bool, c?: string}> */;
+                        }
+                    }',
+            ],
         ];
     }