diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Foreach_/SimplifyForeachToCoalescingRector/Fixture/skip_call_inside.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Foreach_/SimplifyForeachToCoalescingRector/Fixture/skip_call_inside.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..043ceb825b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Foreach_/SimplifyForeachToCoalescingRector/Fixture/skip_call_inside.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\Foreach_\SimplifyForeachToCoalescingRector\Fixture;
+
+final class SkipCallInside
+{
+    private function getHeader(array $headers, $key)
+    {
+        $lowercaseHeader = strtolower($key);
+        foreach ($headers as $k => $v) {
+            if (strtolower($k) === $lowercaseHeader) {
+                return $v;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/Foreach_/SimplifyForeachToCoalescingRector.php b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/Foreach_/SimplifyForeachToCoalescingRector.php
index e0b2960f6a0..511add0cf3a 100644
--- a/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/Foreach_/SimplifyForeachToCoalescingRector.php
+++ b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/Foreach_/SimplifyForeachToCoalescingRector.php
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
                 $nextStmt = $node->stmts[$key + 1] ?? null;
 
                 $return = $this->processForeachNodeWithReturnInside($foreach, $foreachReturnOrAssign, $nextStmt);
+
+                if (!$return instanceof Return_) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 $node->stmts[$key] = $return;
 
                 // cleanup next return