diff --git a/src/Type/Doctrine/QueryBuilder/ReturnQueryBuilderExpressionTypeResolverExtension.php b/src/Type/Doctrine/QueryBuilder/ReturnQueryBuilderExpressionTypeResolverExtension.php
index ea4f8bcb..288f68a0 100644
--- a/src/Type/Doctrine/QueryBuilder/ReturnQueryBuilderExpressionTypeResolverExtension.php
+++ b/src/Type/Doctrine/QueryBuilder/ReturnQueryBuilderExpressionTypeResolverExtension.php
@@ -48,9 +48,22 @@ public function getType(Expr $expr, Scope $scope): ?Type
 			return null;
 		}
 
-		$returnType = ParametersAcceptorSelector::selectFromArgs($scope, $expr->getArgs(), $methodReflection->getVariants())->getReturnType();
+		$queryBuilderType = new ObjectType(QueryBuilder::class);
+		$variants = $methodReflection->getVariants();
+		$canReturnQueryBuilder = false;
+		foreach ($variants as $variant) {
+			if (!$queryBuilderType->isSuperTypeOf($variant->getReturnType())->no()) {
+				$canReturnQueryBuilder = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (!$canReturnQueryBuilder) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		$returnType = ParametersAcceptorSelector::selectFromArgs($scope, $expr->getArgs(), $variants)->getReturnType();
 
-		$returnsQueryBuilder = (new ObjectType(QueryBuilder::class))->isSuperTypeOf($returnType)->yes();
+		$returnsQueryBuilder = $queryBuilderType->isSuperTypeOf($returnType)->yes();
 
 		if (!$returnsQueryBuilder) {
 			return null;
diff --git a/tests/Type/Doctrine/data/QueryResult/queryBuilderExpressionTypeResolver.php b/tests/Type/Doctrine/data/QueryResult/queryBuilderExpressionTypeResolver.php
index 2a6af1d9..e8a913a8 100644
--- a/tests/Type/Doctrine/data/QueryResult/queryBuilderExpressionTypeResolver.php
+++ b/tests/Type/Doctrine/data/QueryResult/queryBuilderExpressionTypeResolver.php
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ public function testFirstClassCallableDoesNotFail(EntityManagerInterface $em): v
 		$this->getQueryBuilder(...);
 	}
 
+	public function testNullableQueryBuilderIsNotInferred(EntityManagerInterface $em): void
+	{
+		assertType('Doctrine\\ORM\\QueryBuilder|null', $this->getNullableQueryBuilder($em));
+	}
+
 	private function adjustQueryBuilderToIndexByInt(QueryBuilder $qb): void
 	{
 		$qb->indexBy('m', 'm.intColumn');
@@ -100,6 +105,13 @@ private static function getStaticQueryBuilder(EntityManagerInterface $em): Query
 			->from(Many::class, 'm');
 	}
 
+	private function getNullableQueryBuilder(EntityManagerInterface $em): ?QueryBuilder
+	{
+		return $em->createQueryBuilder()
+			->select('m')
+			->from(Many::class, 'm');
+	}
+
 	private function getBranchingQueryBuilder(EntityManagerInterface $em): QueryBuilder
 	{
 		$queryBuilder = $em->createQueryBuilder()