diff --git a/src/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/AutoloadSourceLocator.php b/src/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/AutoloadSourceLocator.php
index 0a5a61c3793..7ead5e901f7 100644
--- a/src/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/AutoloadSourceLocator.php
+++ b/src/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/AutoloadSourceLocator.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace PHPStan\Reflection\BetterReflection\SourceLocator;
 
+use Composer\Autoload\ClassLoader;
 use Override;
 use ParseError;
 use PhpParser\Node\Arg;
@@ -31,9 +32,11 @@
 use function defined;
 use function function_exists;
 use function interface_exists;
+use function is_array;
 use function is_file;
 use function is_string;
 use function opcache_invalidate;
+use function realpath;
 use function restore_error_handler;
 use function set_error_handler;
 use function spl_autoload_functions;
@@ -333,58 +336,99 @@ private function locateClassByName(string $className): ?array
 			return null;
 		}
 
+		$autoloadFunctions = spl_autoload_functions();
+		if ($autoloadFunctions === false) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
 		$this->silenceErrors();
 
 		try {
-			$result = FileReadTrapStreamWrapper::withStreamWrapperOverride(
-				static function () use ($className): ?array {
-					$functions = spl_autoload_functions();
-					if ($functions === false) {
-						return null;
-					}
+			return self::locateThroughAutoloaders($autoloadFunctions, $className);
+		} finally {
+			restore_error_handler();
+		}
+	}
 
-					foreach ($functions as $preExistingAutoloader) {
-						try {
-							$preExistingAutoloader($className);
-						} catch (ParseError) {
-							// the trap served a parse error instead of the empty
-							// script, see FileReadTrapStreamWrapper::stream_read();
-							// the file was recorded before the include compiled it
-						}
+	/**
+	 * Runs the registered autoloaders, in order, to find which file declares a
+	 * class - asking Composer's where it would look instead of letting it get
+	 * there by including the file.
+	 *
+	 * ClassLoader::findFile() answers with the same path loadClass() would
+	 * include, without running anything. Nothing is compiled, so the file cannot
+	 * execute a second time - which it otherwise does whenever OPcache already
+	 * holds the script: the include is then served from the cache without the
+	 * trap being asked for the contents at all, and a file declaring a function
+	 * fatals with "Cannot redeclare". That is the function-per-file layout of
+	 * php-standard-library and azjezz/psl, whose files-autoload bootstrap has
+	 * already loaded every path their PSR-4 prefix also resolves to.
+	 *
+	 * Every other autoloader still runs inside the trap, one at a time so that
+	 * registration order is preserved either way: an autoloader ahead of
+	 * Composer's may well claim a name Composer would resolve elsewhere.
+	 *
+	 * @param list<callable(string): void> $autoloadFunctions
+	 * @return array{string[], string, int|null}|null
+	 */
+	private static function locateThroughAutoloaders(array $autoloadFunctions, string $className): ?array
+	{
+		foreach ($autoloadFunctions as $autoloadFunction) {
+			if (is_array($autoloadFunction) && $autoloadFunction[0] instanceof ClassLoader) {
+				$file = $autoloadFunction[0]->findFile($className);
+				if ($file === false) {
+					continue;
+				}
 
-						/**
-						 * This static variable is populated by the side-effect of the stream wrapper
-						 * trying to read the file path when `include()` is used by an autoloader.
-						 *
-						 * This will not be `null` when the autoloader tried to read a file.
-						 */
-						if (FileReadTrapStreamWrapper::$autoloadLocatedFiles !== []) {
-							return [FileReadTrapStreamWrapper::$autoloadLocatedFiles, $className, null];
-						}
+				// findFile() concatenates the mapped prefix with the rest of the
+				// name, so its answer can carry ../ segments and mixed
+				// separators. PHP resolves an include path before the trap ever
+				// sees it, and locateIdentifier() matches what lands here against
+				// ReflectionClass::getFileName(), which is resolved too.
+				$resolvedFile = realpath($file);
+
+				// a class map can outlive the file it points at, and loadClass()
+				// would move on to the next autoloader just the same
+				if ($resolvedFile === false || !is_file($resolvedFile)) {
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				return [[$resolvedFile], $className, null];
+			}
+
+			$locatedFiles = FileReadTrapStreamWrapper::withStreamWrapperOverride(
+				static function () use ($autoloadFunction, $className): array {
+					try {
+						$autoloadFunction($className);
+					} catch (ParseError) {
+						// the trap served a parse error instead of the empty
+						// script, see FileReadTrapStreamWrapper::stream_read();
+						// the file was recorded before the include compiled it
 					}
 
-					return null;
+					// populated by the side effect of the stream wrapper being
+					// asked for the file an include() reached for
+					return FileReadTrapStreamWrapper::$autoloadLocatedFiles;
 				},
 			);
-			if ($result === null) {
-				return null;
-			}
 
-			if (!function_exists('opcache_invalidate')) {
-				return $result;
+			if ($locatedFiles === []) {
+				continue;
 			}
 
 			// the trap's empty script got compiled - and cached, with OPcache
 			// active. Where this call cannot reach the entry, the trap served a
 			// parse error instead, see FileReadTrapStreamWrapper::stream_read()
-			foreach ($result[0] as $file) {
-				opcache_invalidate($file, true);
+			if (function_exists('opcache_invalidate')) {
+				foreach ($locatedFiles as $locatedFile) {
+					opcache_invalidate($locatedFile, true);
+				}
 			}
 
-			return $result;
-		} finally {
-			restore_error_handler();
+			return [$locatedFiles, $className, null];
 		}
+
+		return null;
 	}
 
 	private function silenceErrors(): void
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/FileReadTrapStreamWrapperTest.php b/tests/PHPStan/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/FileReadTrapStreamWrapperTest.php
index cd1a78087bc..00b288df605 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/FileReadTrapStreamWrapperTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/FileReadTrapStreamWrapperTest.php
@@ -3,7 +3,16 @@
 namespace PHPStan\Reflection\BetterReflection\SourceLocator;
 
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Group;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use function escapeshellarg;
+use function exec;
+use function explode;
+use function extension_loaded;
+use function implode;
+use function sprintf;
+use function str_contains;
+use const PHP_BINARY;
 
 final class FileReadTrapStreamWrapperTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -29,4 +38,50 @@ public function testResolveServesParseError(int $phpVersionId, bool $opcacheEnab
 		$this->assertSame($expected, FileReadTrapStreamWrapper::resolveServesParseError($phpVersionId, $opcacheEnabled, $path));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Probing a name whose PSR-4 prefix resolves to a file the process already
+	 * ran must not run it again: with OPcache holding the script, an include is
+	 * served from the cache without the trap being asked for the contents. A name
+	 * whose file nothing has loaded must still resolve, without executing it.
+	 *
+	 * Needs its own process: OPcache is only on in the processes PHPStan spawns
+	 * for itself, and the failure is a fatal error.
+	 */
+	#[Group('exec')]
+	public function testTrapSurvivesOpcacheCacheHit(): void
+	{
+		if (!extension_loaded('Zend OPcache')) {
+			self::markTestSkipped('OPcache is not available.');
+		}
+
+		exec(sprintf(
+			'%s -d opcache.enable=1 -d opcache.enable_cli=1 -d opcache.validate_timestamps=0 %s 2>&1',
+			escapeshellarg(PHP_BINARY),
+			escapeshellarg(__DIR__ . '/data/opcache-trap/driver.php'),
+		), $outputLines, $exitCode);
+		$output = implode("\n", $outputLines);
+
+		$this->assertSame(0, $exitCode, $output);
+
+		$values = [];
+		foreach ($outputLines as $outputLine) {
+			if (!str_contains($outputLine, '=')) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			[$name, $value] = explode('=', $outputLine, 2);
+			$values[$name] = $value;
+		}
+
+		// hold whether or not OPcache could be turned on
+		$this->assertSame('1', $values['survivedLoadedProbe'] ?? null, $output);
+		$this->assertSame('1', $values['resolvedCold'] ?? null, $output);
+		$this->assertSame('1', $values['coldFileNotExecuted'] ?? null, $output);
+
+		if (($values['opcacheEnabled'] ?? '0') === '1') {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		self::markTestSkipped('OPcache could not be enabled for the CLI, so the cache hit was not exercised.');
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/data/opcache-trap/ColdClass.php b/tests/PHPStan/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/data/opcache-trap/ColdClass.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b8efd683567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/data/opcache-trap/ColdClass.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+namespace OpcacheTrap;
+
+class ColdClass
+{
+
+}
+
+function coldThing(): string
+{
+	return 'y';
+}
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/data/opcache-trap/driver.php b/tests/PHPStan/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/data/opcache-trap/driver.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c9be9c9c9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/data/opcache-trap/driver.php
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+// Driver for FileReadTrapStreamWrapperTest::testTrapSurvivesOpcacheCacheHit().
+//
+// Runs the real AutoloadSourceLocator against a Composer autoloader whose PSR-4
+// prefix resolves to a file the process has already loaded - the
+// php-standard-library / azjezz/psl shape, where a files-autoload bootstrap
+// loads every function file at startup and the same paths stay reachable
+// through the prefix. Letting the autoloader include such a path runs the file
+// a second time whenever OPcache already holds the script, because the include
+// is served from the cache without the trap being asked for the contents, and
+// the process dies with "Cannot redeclare function OpcacheTrap\thing()".
+//
+// Each step prints as it goes, so a failure shows how far it got.
+
+use PHPStan\BetterReflection\Identifier\Identifier;
+use PHPStan\BetterReflection\Identifier\IdentifierType;
+use PHPStan\BetterReflection\Reflector\DefaultReflector;
+use PHPStan\Reflection\BetterReflection\SourceLocator\AutoloadSourceLocator;
+use PHPStan\Reflection\BetterReflection\SourceLocator\FileNodesFetcher;
+use PHPStan\Testing\PHPStanTestCase;
+
+$loader = require __DIR__ . '/../../../../../../../vendor/autoload.php';
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../../../../phpstan-bootstrap.php';
+
+$opcacheStatus = opcache_get_status(false);
+$opcacheEnabled = $opcacheStatus !== false && ($opcacheStatus['opcache_enabled'] ?? false) === true;
+echo 'opcacheEnabled=', $opcacheEnabled ? '1' : '0', "\n";
+
+// what the files-autoload bootstrap of such a package does at startup
+require_once __DIR__ . '/thing.php';
+
+// a real project registers its prefixes on the Composer loader that is
+// already in place, rather than adding another autoloader behind it
+$loader->addPsr4('OpcacheTrap\\', [__DIR__]);
+
+$locator = new AutoloadSourceLocator(
+	PHPStanTestCase::getContainer()->getByType(FileNodesFetcher::class),
+	true,
+);
+$reflector = new DefaultReflector($locator);
+
+// OpcacheTrap\thing is a function, not a class, but PHPStan probes the name as
+// a class the same way it does for Psl\Type\optional - and the PSR-4 prefix
+// sends the autoloader at the already-loaded function.php
+$locator->locateIdentifier($reflector, new Identifier('OpcacheTrap\thing', new IdentifierType(IdentifierType::IDENTIFIER_CLASS)));
+echo "survivedLoadedProbe=1\n";
+
+// a name whose file nothing has loaded must still resolve
+$cold = $reflector->reflectClass('OpcacheTrap\ColdClass');
+echo 'resolvedCold=', $cold->getName() === 'OpcacheTrap\ColdClass' ? '1' : '0', "\n";
+echo 'coldFileNotExecuted=', !function_exists('OpcacheTrap\coldThing') ? '1' : '0', "\n";
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/data/opcache-trap/thing.php b/tests/PHPStan/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/data/opcache-trap/thing.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03ce0d9c529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Reflection/BetterReflection/SourceLocator/data/opcache-trap/thing.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+namespace OpcacheTrap;
+
+// one function per file, named so that the PSR-4 prefix resolves OpcacheTrap\thing
+// to this very path - the php-standard-library / azjezz/psl layout
+function thing(): string
+{
+	return 'x';
+}