diff --git a/mypy/checker.py b/mypy/checker.py
index fffa87c4f634..fa7c645873d0 100644
--- a/mypy/checker.py
+++ b/mypy/checker.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 from mypy.errorcodes import TYPE_VAR, UNUSED_AWAITABLE, UNUSED_COROUTINE, ErrorCode
 from mypy.errors import Errors, ErrorWatcher, report_internal_error
 from mypy.expandtype import expand_self_type, expand_type, expand_type_by_instance
-from mypy.join import join_types
 from mypy.literals import Key, extract_var_from_literal_hash, literal, literal_hash
 from mypy.maptype import map_instance_to_supertype
 from mypy.meet import is_overlapping_erased_types, is_overlapping_types
@@ -4653,42 +4652,32 @@ def analyze_async_iterable_item_type(self, expr: Expression) -> tuple[Type, Type
 
     def analyze_iterable_item_type(self, expr: Expression) -> tuple[Type, Type]:
         """Analyse iterable expression and return iterator and iterator item types."""
-        echk = self.expr_checker
-        iterable = get_proper_type(echk.accept(expr))
-        iterator = echk.check_method_call_by_name("__iter__", iterable, [], [], expr)[0]
-
+        iterator, iterable = self.analyze_iterable_item_type_without_expression(
+            self.expr_checker.accept(expr), context=expr
+        )
         int_type = self.analyze_range_native_int_type(expr)
         if int_type:
             return iterator, int_type
-
-        if (
-            isinstance(iterable, TupleType)
-            and iterable.partial_fallback.type.fullname == "builtins.tuple"
-        ):
-            return iterator, tuple_fallback(iterable).args[0]
-        else:
-            # Non-tuple iterable.
-            return iterator, echk.check_method_call_by_name("__next__", iterator, [], [], expr)[0]
+        return iterator, iterable
 
     def analyze_iterable_item_type_without_expression(
         self, type: Type, context: Context
     ) -> tuple[Type, Type]:
         """Analyse iterable type and return iterator and iterator item types."""
         echk = self.expr_checker
+        iterable: Type
         iterable = get_proper_type(type)
         iterator = echk.check_method_call_by_name("__iter__", iterable, [], [], context)[0]
 
-        if isinstance(iterable, TupleType):
-            joined: Type = UninhabitedType()
-            for item in iterable.items:
-                joined = join_types(joined, item)
-            return iterator, joined
+        if (
+            isinstance(iterable, TupleType)
+            and iterable.partial_fallback.type.fullname == "builtins.tuple"
+        ):
+            return iterator, tuple_fallback(iterable).args[0]
         else:
             # Non-tuple iterable.
-            return (
-                iterator,
-                echk.check_method_call_by_name("__next__", iterator, [], [], context)[0],
-            )
+            iterable = echk.check_method_call_by_name("__next__", iterator, [], [], context)[0]
+            return iterator, iterable
 
     def analyze_range_native_int_type(self, expr: Expression) -> Type | None:
         """Try to infer native int item type from arguments to range(...).