diff --git a/mypy/typeops.py b/mypy/typeops.py
index 050252eb6205..f6646740031d 100644
--- a/mypy/typeops.py
+++ b/mypy/typeops.py
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ def erase_to_bound(t: Type) -> Type:
 def callable_corresponding_argument(
     typ: NormalizedCallableType | Parameters, model: FormalArgument
 ) -> FormalArgument | None:
-    """Return the argument a function that corresponds to `model`"""
+    """Return the argument of a function that corresponds to `model`"""
 
     by_name = typ.argument_by_name(model.name)
     by_pos = typ.argument_by_position(model.pos)
@@ -522,17 +522,23 @@ def callable_corresponding_argument(
         # taking both *args and **args, or a pair of functions like so:
 
         # def right(a: int = ...) -> None: ...
-        # def left(__a: int = ..., *, a: int = ...) -> None: ...
+        # def left(x: int = ..., /, *, a: int = ...) -> None: ...
         from mypy.meet import meet_types
 
         if (
             not (by_name.required or by_pos.required)
             and by_pos.name is None
             and by_name.pos is None
+            # This is not principled, but prevents a crash. It's weird to have a FormalArgument
+            # that has an UnpackType.
+            and not isinstance(by_name.typ, UnpackType)
+            and not isinstance(by_pos.typ, UnpackType)
         ):
             return FormalArgument(
                 by_name.name, by_pos.pos, meet_types(by_name.typ, by_pos.typ), False
             )
+        return by_name
+
     return by_name if by_name is not None else by_pos
 
 
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-overloading.test b/test-data/unit/check-overloading.test
index be55a182b87b..1830a0c5ce3c 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/check-overloading.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-overloading.test
@@ -263,6 +263,19 @@ def foo(*args: int | str, **kw: int | Foo) -> None:
     pass
 [builtins fixtures/tuple.pyi]
 
+
+[case testTypeCheckOverloadImplOverlapVarArgsAndKwargsNever]
+from __future__ import annotations
+from typing import overload
+
+@overload  # E: Single overload definition, multiple required
+def foo(x: int) -> None: ...
+
+def foo(*args: int, **kw: str) -> None:  # E: Overloaded function implementation does not accept all possible arguments of signature 1
+    pass
+[builtins fixtures/tuple.pyi]
+
+
 [case testTypeCheckOverloadWithImplTooSpecificRetType]
 from typing import overload, Any
 
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-typevar-tuple.test b/test-data/unit/check-typevar-tuple.test
index cb5029ee4e6d..c60d0aec0835 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/check-typevar-tuple.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-typevar-tuple.test
@@ -2716,3 +2716,26 @@ class MyTuple(tuple[Unpack[Union[int, str]]], Generic[Unpack[Ts]]):  # E: "Union
 x: MyTuple[int, str]
 reveal_type(x[0])  # N: Revealed type is "Any"
 [builtins fixtures/tuple.pyi]
+
+[case testHigherOrderFunctionUnpackTypeVarTupleViaParamSpec]
+from typing import Callable, ParamSpec, TypeVar, TypeVarTuple, Unpack
+
+P = ParamSpec("P")
+T = TypeVar("T")
+Ts = TypeVarTuple("Ts")
+
+def call(func: Callable[P, T], *args: P.args, **kwargs: P.kwargs) -> T:
+    return func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def run(func: Callable[[Unpack[Ts]], T], *args: Unpack[Ts], some_kwarg: str = "asdf") -> T:
+    raise
+
+
+def foo() -> str:
+    return "hello"
+
+
+# this is a false positive, but it no longer crashes
+call(run, foo, some_kwarg="a")  # E: Argument 1 to "call" has incompatible type "def [Ts`-1, T] run(func: def (*Unpack[Ts]) -> T, *args: Unpack[Ts], some_kwarg: str = ...) -> T"; expected "Callable[[Callable[[], str], str], str]"
+[builtins fixtures/tuple.pyi]