diff --git a/rules-tests/Php81/Rector/Property/ReadOnlyPropertyRector/Fixture/skip_assign_plus_call_by_ref_global.php.inc b/rules-tests/Php81/Rector/Property/ReadOnlyPropertyRector/Fixture/skip_assign_plus_call_by_ref_global.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a8df7d2e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/Php81/Rector/Property/ReadOnlyPropertyRector/Fixture/skip_assign_plus_call_by_ref_global.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Tests\Php81\Rector\Property\ReadOnlyPropertyRector\Fixture;
+
+class SkipAssignPlusCallByRefGlobal {
+    private array $fruits;
+    
+    public function __construct() {
+        $this->fruits = ['banana', 'pear', 'apple'];
+        \sort($this->fruits);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/PhpParser/NodeFinder/PropertyFetchFinder.php b/src/PhpParser/NodeFinder/PropertyFetchFinder.php
index a6260a72719..8795a4e4c88 100644
--- a/src/PhpParser/NodeFinder/PropertyFetchFinder.php
+++ b/src/PhpParser/NodeFinder/PropertyFetchFinder.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use PhpParser\Node\Expr;
 use PhpParser\Node\Expr\ArrayDimFetch;
 use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Assign;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\FuncCall;
 use PhpParser\Node\Expr\MethodCall;
 use PhpParser\Node\Expr\PropertyFetch;
 use PhpParser\Node\Expr\StaticCall;
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ private function findPropertyFetchesInClassLike(
         $propertyFetches = $this->betterNodeFinder->find(
             $stmts,
             function (Node $subNode) use ($class, $hasTrait, $propertyName, $scope): bool {
-                if ($subNode instanceof MethodCall || $subNode instanceof StaticCall) {
+                if ($subNode instanceof MethodCall || $subNode instanceof StaticCall || $subNode instanceof FuncCall) {
                     $this->decoratePropertyFetch($subNode, $scope);
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ function (Node $subNode) use ($class, $hasTrait, $propertyName, $scope): bool {
 
     private function decoratePropertyFetch(Node $node, Scope $scope): void
     {
-        if (! $node instanceof MethodCall && ! $node instanceof StaticCall) {
+        if (! $node instanceof MethodCall && ! $node instanceof StaticCall && ! $node instanceof FuncCall) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ private function decoratePropertyFetch(Node $node, Scope $scope): void
         }
     }
 
-    private function isFoundByRefParam(MethodCall | StaticCall $node, int $key, Scope $scope): bool
+    private function isFoundByRefParam(MethodCall | StaticCall | FuncCall $node, int $key, Scope $scope): bool
     {
         $functionLikeReflection = $this->reflectionResolver->resolveFunctionLikeReflectionFromCall($node);
         if ($functionLikeReflection === null) {