diff --git a/packages/NodeTypeResolver/PHPStan/Scope/PHPStanNodeScopeResolver.php b/packages/NodeTypeResolver/PHPStan/Scope/PHPStanNodeScopeResolver.php
index 46cbd921b40..9d15bd4fcbd 100644
--- a/packages/NodeTypeResolver/PHPStan/Scope/PHPStanNodeScopeResolver.php
+++ b/packages/NodeTypeResolver/PHPStan/Scope/PHPStanNodeScopeResolver.php
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ public function processNodes(
         Assert::allIsInstanceOf($stmts, Stmt::class);
         $this->nodeTraverser->traverse($stmts);
 
-        if (! $isScopeRefreshing) {
+        $isFileWithoutNamespace = count($stmts) === 1 && $stmts[0] instanceof FileWithoutNamespace;
+        if (! $isScopeRefreshing && ! $isFileWithoutNamespace) {
             $stmts = $this->fileWithoutNamespaceNodeTraverser->traverse($stmts);
 
             if (count($stmts) === 1 && $stmts[0] instanceof FileWithoutNamespace) {
diff --git a/src/PhpParser/NodeTraverser/FileWithoutNamespaceNodeTraverser.php b/src/PhpParser/NodeTraverser/FileWithoutNamespaceNodeTraverser.php
index 17919495004..dda16f37349 100644
--- a/src/PhpParser/NodeTraverser/FileWithoutNamespaceNodeTraverser.php
+++ b/src/PhpParser/NodeTraverser/FileWithoutNamespaceNodeTraverser.php
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ public function __construct(
      */
     public function traverse(array $nodes): array
     {
+        if (current($nodes) instanceof FileWithoutNamespace) {
+            return $nodes;
+        }
+
         $hasNamespace = (bool) $this->nodeFinder->findFirstInstanceOf($nodes, Namespace_::class);
         if (! $hasNamespace && $nodes !== []) {
             $fileWithoutNamespace = new FileWithoutNamespace($nodes);
diff --git a/src/PhpParser/Printer/BetterStandardPrinter.php b/src/PhpParser/Printer/BetterStandardPrinter.php
index df5f420f06d..7d1c86a0c31 100644
--- a/src/PhpParser/Printer/BetterStandardPrinter.php
+++ b/src/PhpParser/Printer/BetterStandardPrinter.php
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ private function resolveNewStmts(array $stmts): array
         $stmts = array_values($stmts);
 
         if (count($stmts) === 1 && $stmts[0] instanceof FileWithoutNamespace) {
-            return $this->resolveNewStmts($stmts[0]->stmts);
+            return $stmts[0]->stmts;
         }
 
         return $stmts;