diff --git a/src/Analyser/ExprHandler/ClosureHandler.php b/src/Analyser/ExprHandler/ClosureHandler.php
index b706a44dbe5..dc8e6916d06 100644
--- a/src/Analyser/ExprHandler/ClosureHandler.php
+++ b/src/Analyser/ExprHandler/ClosureHandler.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public function supports(Expr $expr): bool
 	public function processExpr(NodeScopeResolver $nodeScopeResolver, Stmt $stmt, Expr $expr, MutatingScope $scope, ExpressionResultStorage $storage, callable $nodeCallback, ExpressionContext $context): ExpressionResult
 	{
 		$processClosureResult = $nodeScopeResolver->processClosureNode($stmt, $expr, $scope, $storage, $nodeCallback, $context, null);
-		$scope = $processClosureResult->applyByRefUseScope($processClosureResult->getScope());
+		$scope = $processClosureResult->applyByRefUseScope($processClosureResult->getScope(), null);
 
 		return new ExpressionResult(
 			$scope,
diff --git a/src/Analyser/MutatingScope.php b/src/Analyser/MutatingScope.php
index a43ba35dda5..7b7851601c5 100644
--- a/src/Analyser/MutatingScope.php
+++ b/src/Analyser/MutatingScope.php
@@ -3808,7 +3808,7 @@ public function processClosureScope(
 
 			$variableType = $closureScope->getVariableType($variableName);
 
-			if ($prevScope !== null) {
+			if ($prevScope !== null && $prevScope->hasVariableType($variableName)->yes()) {
 				$prevVariableType = $prevScope->getVariableType($variableName);
 				if (!$variableType->equals($prevVariableType)) {
 					$variableType = TypeCombinator::union($variableType, $prevVariableType);
diff --git a/src/Analyser/NodeScopeResolver.php b/src/Analyser/NodeScopeResolver.php
index 001c8b5b368..550e0125923 100644
--- a/src/Analyser/NodeScopeResolver.php
+++ b/src/Analyser/NodeScopeResolver.php
@@ -3455,7 +3455,7 @@ public function processArgs(
 		}
 
 		foreach ($deferredByRefClosureResults as $deferredClosureResult) {
-			$scope = $deferredClosureResult->applyByRefUseScope($scope);
+			$scope = $deferredClosureResult->applyByRefUseScope($scope, $scope);
 		}
 
 		if ($parameters !== null) {
diff --git a/src/Analyser/ProcessClosureResult.php b/src/Analyser/ProcessClosureResult.php
index dd6cfa5d263..7f364ebd340 100644
--- a/src/Analyser/ProcessClosureResult.php
+++ b/src/Analyser/ProcessClosureResult.php
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ public function getScope(): MutatingScope
 		return $this->scope;
 	}
 
-	public function applyByRefUseScope(MutatingScope $scope): MutatingScope
+	public function applyByRefUseScope(MutatingScope $scope, ?MutatingScope $prevScope): MutatingScope
 	{
 		if ($this->byRefClosureResultScope === null) {
 			return $scope;
 		}
 
-		return $scope->processClosureScope($this->byRefClosureResultScope, null, $this->byRefUses);
+		return $scope->processClosureScope($this->byRefClosureResultScope, $prevScope, $this->byRefUses);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/nsrt/bug-14096.php b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/nsrt/bug-14096.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5acb33e6127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/nsrt/bug-14096.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+namespace Bug14096;
+
+use function PHPStan\Testing\assertType;
+
+class AbstractView {}
+class App {}
+interface ServerRequestInterface {}
+
+class Test
+{
+	/**
+	 * @template T of App
+	 *
+	 * @param \Closure(ServerRequestInterface): T $createAppFx
+	 * @param \Closure(T): ServerRequestInterface $simulateRequestFx
+	 *
+	 * @return T
+	 */
+	protected function simulateAppCallback(\Closure $createAppFx, \Closure $simulateRequestFx): App
+	{
+		$appBase = $createAppFx(new class() implements ServerRequestInterface {});
+		$request = $simulateRequestFx($appBase);
+
+		$app = $createAppFx($request);
+
+		return $app;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @template T of AbstractView
+	 *
+	 * @param \Closure(ServerRequestInterface): T $createViewFx
+	 * @param \Closure(T): ServerRequestInterface $simulateRequestFx
+	 *
+	 * @return T
+	 */
+	protected function simulateViewCallback(\Closure $createViewFx, \Closure $simulateRequestFx): AbstractView
+	{
+		$view = null;
+		$this->simulateAppCallback(static function (ServerRequestInterface $request) use ($createViewFx, &$view) {
+			$view = $createViewFx($request);
+
+			return new App();
+		}, static function () use ($simulateRequestFx, &$view) {
+			return $simulateRequestFx($view);
+		});
+
+		assertType('T of Bug14096\AbstractView (method Bug14096\Test::simulateViewCallback(), argument)|null', $view);
+		return $view;
+	}
+}