diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/Block/IfElse/IfAnalyzer.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/Block/IfElse/IfAnalyzer.php
index d8c007a0ebd..52e3223d8f8 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/Block/IfElse/IfAnalyzer.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/Block/IfElse/IfAnalyzer.php
@@ -28,8 +28,11 @@
 use function array_intersect_key;
 use function array_keys;
 use function array_merge;
+use function array_unique;
 use function count;
 use function in_array;
+use function strpos;
+use function substr;
 
 /**
  * @internal
@@ -172,6 +175,20 @@ public static function analyze(
                 array_keys($if_scope->negated_types)
             );
 
+            $extra_vars_to_update = [];
+
+            // if there's an object-like array in there, we also need to update the root array variable
+            foreach ($vars_to_update as $var_id) {
+                $bracked_pos = strpos($var_id, '[');
+                if ($bracked_pos !== false) {
+                    $extra_vars_to_update[] = substr($var_id, 0, $bracked_pos);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ($extra_vars_to_update) {
+                $vars_to_update = array_unique(array_merge($extra_vars_to_update, $vars_to_update));
+            }
+
             $outer_context->update(
                 $old_if_context,
                 $if_context,