diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/TypeCombiner.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/TypeCombiner.php
index 7bad56440..67850a284 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/TypeCombiner.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/TypeCombiner.php
@@ -1516,7 +1516,7 @@ final class TypeCombiner
                     $generic_type_params[1],
                     $objectlike_generic_type,
                     $codebase,
-                    $overwrite_empty_array,
+                    false,
                     $allow_mixed_union,
                 );
             }
diff --git a/tests/ArrayAssignmentTest.php b/tests/ArrayAssignmentTest.php
index 91a319f2f..d7651949d 100644
--- a/tests/ArrayAssignmentTest.php
+++ b/tests/ArrayAssignmentTest.php
@@ -2048,6 +2048,15 @@ class ArrayAssignmentTest extends TestCase
                         return $queryParams;
                     }',
             ],
+            'AssignListToNonEmptyList' => [
+                'code' => '<?php
+                    /** @var array<int, non-empty-list<string>> $l*/
+                    $l = [];
+                    $l[] = [];',
+                'assertions' => [
+                    '$l===' => 'non-empty-array<int, list<string>>',
+                ],
+            ],
         ];
     }