diff --git a/phpunit/code/magic-call-codegen.php b/phpunit/code/magic-call-codegen.php
index 959c5a93..c36d4030 100644
--- a/phpunit/code/magic-call-codegen.php
+++ b/phpunit/code/magic-call-codegen.php
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ class RuntimeMagicMethod extends ExactMagicHandler
     }
 }
 
+final class ExactInternalMethod extends ArrayObject
+{
+}
+
 function exactMagicCall(): mixed
 {
     $handler = new ExactMagicHandler();
@@ -27,3 +31,9 @@ function runtimeMagicCall(ExactMagicHandler $handler): mixed
     return $handler->missing();
 }
 
+function exactInternalMethod(): mixed
+{
+    $object = new ExactInternalMethod();
+    $object->append('value');
+    return $object->count();
+}
diff --git a/phpunit/src/MagicCallCodegenTest.php b/phpunit/src/MagicCallCodegenTest.php
index c68b52ef..6c112251 100644
--- a/phpunit/src/MagicCallCodegenTest.php
+++ b/phpunit/src/MagicCallCodegenTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ final class MagicCallCodegenTest extends \BaseTest
         $runtimeBody = $this->functionBody($code, 'php_runtimemagiccall');
         self::assertStringContainsString('.call(', $runtimeBody);
         self::assertStringNotContainsString('php_exactmagichandler____call(', $runtimeBody);
+
+        $internalBody = $this->functionBody($code, 'php_exactinternalmethod');
+        self::assertStringContainsString('.call(', $internalBody);
+        self::assertStringNotContainsString('__call(', $internalBody);
     }
 
     private function compileFixture(): string
diff --git a/src/Parser/MethodCallTrait.php b/src/Parser/MethodCallTrait.php
index 6d9387d5..ecccd0c7 100644
--- a/src/Parser/MethodCallTrait.php
+++ b/src/Parser/MethodCallTrait.php
@@ -318,23 +318,26 @@ trait MethodCallTrait
         // otherwise getNativeMethod() would continue into the internal parent
         // and incorrectly diagnose the absent magic method.
         $currentClass = $exactClass;
-        $hasCompiledMagicMethod = false;
-        while ($this->hasClass($currentClass)) {
+        while (true) {
+            if (!$this->hasClass($currentClass)) {
+                return null;
+            }
             $currentDef = $this->getClass($currentClass);
             if ($currentDef->hasMethod('__call')) {
-                $hasCompiledMagicMethod = true;
                 break;
             }
-            if ($currentDef->extends === '') {
-                break;
+            if ($currentDef->extends === '' || !$this->hasClass($currentDef->extends)) {
+                return null;
             }
             $currentClass = $currentDef->extends;
         }
-        if (!$hasCompiledMagicMethod) {
-            return null;
-        }
 
-        $nativeFunc = $this->getNativeMethod($expr, $exactClass, '__call', false);
+        // Start from the class that actually declares the compiled method.
+        // This keeps getNativeMethod() out of an internal Zend parent: a real
+        // inherited internal method also uses DynamicCall, but an internal
+        // parent without __call must not be diagnosed while probing this
+        // optimization.
+        $nativeFunc = $this->getNativeMethod($expr, $currentClass, '__call', false);
         if ($nativeFunc === false || !$this->hasFunction($nativeFunc)) {
             return null;
         }