diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/Block/LoopAnalyzer.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/Block/LoopAnalyzer.php
index a5ed09611..f0a978f76 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/Block/LoopAnalyzer.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/Block/LoopAnalyzer.php
@@ -426,15 +426,13 @@ class LoopAnalyzer
         $does_always_break = $loop_scope->final_actions === [ScopeAnalyzer::ACTION_BREAK];
 
         if ($does_sometimes_break) {
-            if ($loop_scope->possibly_redefined_loop_parent_vars !== null) {
-                foreach ($loop_scope->possibly_redefined_loop_parent_vars as $var => $type) {
-                    $loop_scope->loop_parent_context->vars_in_scope[$var] = Type::combineUnionTypes(
-                        $type,
-                        $loop_scope->loop_parent_context->vars_in_scope[$var]
-                    );
+            foreach ($loop_scope->possibly_redefined_loop_parent_vars as $var => $type) {
+                $loop_scope->loop_parent_context->vars_in_scope[$var] = Type::combineUnionTypes(
+                    $type,
+                    $loop_scope->loop_parent_context->vars_in_scope[$var]
+                );
 
-                    $loop_scope->loop_parent_context->possibly_assigned_var_ids[$var] = true;
-                }
+                $loop_scope->loop_parent_context->possibly_assigned_var_ids[$var] = true;
             }
         }
 
@@ -573,11 +571,9 @@ class LoopAnalyzer
         if (!in_array(ScopeAnalyzer::ACTION_CONTINUE, $loop_scope->final_actions, true)) {
             $loop_scope->loop_context->vars_in_scope = $pre_outer_context->vars_in_scope;
         } else {
-            if ($loop_scope->redefined_loop_vars !== null) {
-                foreach ($loop_scope->redefined_loop_vars as $var => $type) {
-                    $loop_scope->loop_context->vars_in_scope[$var] = $type;
-                    $updated_loop_vars[$var] = true;
-                }
+            foreach ($loop_scope->redefined_loop_vars as $var => $type) {
+                $loop_scope->loop_context->vars_in_scope[$var] = $type;
+                $updated_loop_vars[$var] = true;
             }
 
             if ($loop_scope->possibly_redefined_loop_vars) {
diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/BreakAnalyzer.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/BreakAnalyzer.php
index c2bc83491..6110745c3 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/BreakAnalyzer.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/BreakAnalyzer.php
@@ -38,15 +38,11 @@ class BreakAnalyzer
 
             $redefined_vars = $context->getRedefinedVars($loop_scope->loop_parent_context->vars_in_scope);
 
-            if ($loop_scope->possibly_redefined_loop_parent_vars === null) {
-                $loop_scope->possibly_redefined_loop_parent_vars = $redefined_vars;
-            } else {
-                foreach ($redefined_vars as $var => $type) {
-                    $loop_scope->possibly_redefined_loop_parent_vars[$var] = Type::combineUnionTypes(
-                        $type,
-                        $loop_scope->possibly_redefined_loop_parent_vars[$var] ?? null
-                    );
-                }
+            foreach ($redefined_vars as $var => $type) {
+                $loop_scope->possibly_redefined_loop_parent_vars[$var] = Type::combineUnionTypes(
+                    $type,
+                    $loop_scope->possibly_redefined_loop_parent_vars[$var] ?? null
+                );
             }
 
             if ($loop_scope->iteration_count === 0) {
diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/ContinueAnalyzer.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/ContinueAnalyzer.php
index 864c62ede..60cb5527e 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/ContinueAnalyzer.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/ContinueAnalyzer.php
@@ -59,18 +59,14 @@ class ContinueAnalyzer
 
             $redefined_vars = $context->getRedefinedVars($loop_scope->loop_parent_context->vars_in_scope);
 
-            if ($loop_scope->redefined_loop_vars === null) {
-                $loop_scope->redefined_loop_vars = $redefined_vars;
-            } else {
-                foreach ($loop_scope->redefined_loop_vars as $redefined_var => $type) {
-                    if (!isset($redefined_vars[$redefined_var])) {
-                        unset($loop_scope->redefined_loop_vars[$redefined_var]);
-                    } else {
-                        $loop_scope->redefined_loop_vars[$redefined_var] = Type::combineUnionTypes(
-                            $redefined_vars[$redefined_var],
-                            $type
-                        );
-                    }
+            foreach ($loop_scope->redefined_loop_vars as $redefined_var => $type) {
+                if (!isset($redefined_vars[$redefined_var])) {
+                    unset($loop_scope->redefined_loop_vars[$redefined_var]);
+                } else {
+                    $loop_scope->redefined_loop_vars[$redefined_var] = Type::combineUnionTypes(
+                        $redefined_vars[$redefined_var],
+                        $type
+                    );
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Scope/LoopScope.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Scope/LoopScope.php
index 4bbb2089c..90163c1a3 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Scope/LoopScope.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Scope/LoopScope.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class LoopScope
     public $loop_parent_context;
 
     /**
-     * @var array<string, Union>|null
+     * @var array<string, Union>
      */
     public $redefined_loop_vars = [];
 
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ class LoopScope
     public $possibly_redefined_loop_vars = [];
 
     /**
-     * @var array<string, Union>|null
+     * @var array<string, Union>
      */
-    public $possibly_redefined_loop_parent_vars;
+    public $possibly_redefined_loop_parent_vars = [];
 
     /**
      * @var array<string, Union>