diff --git a/bench/call_like_reflection_visitor_bench.php b/bench/call_like_reflection_visitor_bench.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c969f724d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/call_like_reflection_visitor_bench.php
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * Benchmark for CallLikeReflectionNodeVisitor::enterNode().
+ *
+ * The visitor decorates call args and runs on every CallLike node during metadata decoration.
+ * It resolved the function-like reflection for every call that has arguments, even though that
+ * reflection is only used when an argument is a Closure, arrow function, or array literal. A
+ * call like strlen($s) or $this->foo($x, $y) - the overwhelming majority - paid for the resolve
+ * and then decorated nothing.
+ *
+ * The optimization adds a cheap node-only pre-check (hasClosureArrowOrArrayArg): if no argument
+ * is a Closure/ArrowFunction/Array_, enterNode bails before resolveFunctionLikeReflectionFromCall.
+ *
+ * This bench parses a file full of ordinary calls (scalar/variable args only), attaches scope,
+ * then drives enterNode() over every CallLike node. Those calls decorate nothing, so the calls
+ * are repeatable.
+ *
+ * Run on both branches to compare:
+ *   php bench/call_like_reflection_visitor_bench.php
+ *
+ * Reports CPU time (user+sys) and wall time; CPU is the reliable metric, wall is noisy
+ * under concurrent load.
+ */
+
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\CallLike;
+use Rector\DependencyInjection\LazyContainerFactory;
+use Rector\PhpParser\Node\BetterNodeFinder;
+use Rector\PhpParser\NodeVisitor\CallLikeReflectionNodeVisitor;
+use Rector\Testing\TestingParser\TestingParser;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+const METHODS = 60;        // methods, each with a handful of ordinary calls
+const REPEAT = 40;         // outer repeats over the whole call set
+
+$rectorConfig = (new LazyContainerFactory())->create();
+$rectorConfig->boot();
+
+/** @var TestingParser $testingParser */
+$testingParser = $rectorConfig->make(TestingParser::class);
+
+/** @var BetterNodeFinder $betterNodeFinder */
+$betterNodeFinder = $rectorConfig->make(BetterNodeFinder::class);
+
+$visitor = $rectorConfig->make(CallLikeReflectionNodeVisitor::class);
+
+// a class with many methods that make ordinary calls: scalar/variable args, no closures/arrays
+$source = "<?php\n\nnamespace Bench;\n\nclass SomeClass\n{\n";
+for ($i = 0; $i < METHODS; ++$i) {
+    $source .= "    public function run{$i}(string \$value, array \$items)\n    {\n";
+    $source .= "        \$length = strlen(\$value);\n";
+    $source .= "        \$exists = in_array(\$value, \$items, true);\n";
+    $source .= "        \$upper = strtoupper(\$value);\n";
+    $source .= "        \$this->helper(\$value, \$length);\n";
+    $source .= "        return \$exists;\n";
+    $source .= "    }\n\n";
+}
+$source .= "    public function helper(string \$value, int \$length)\n    {\n    }\n}\n";
+
+$sourceFilePath = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'bench_') . '.php';
+file_put_contents($sourceFilePath, $source);
+
+$stmts = $testingParser->parseFileToDecoratedNodes($sourceFilePath);
+
+/** @var CallLike[] $callLikes */
+$callLikes = $betterNodeFinder->findInstanceOf($stmts, CallLike::class);
+
+$cpuSeconds = static function (): float {
+    $usage = getrusage();
+    return $usage['ru_utime.tv_sec'] + $usage['ru_utime.tv_usec'] / 1_000_000
+        + $usage['ru_stime.tv_sec'] + $usage['ru_stime.tv_usec'] / 1_000_000;
+};
+
+$run = static function () use ($visitor, $callLikes): void {
+    foreach ($callLikes as $callLike) {
+        $visitor->enterNode($callLike);
+    }
+};
+
+// warm up caches once, excluded from timing
+$run();
+
+$wallStart = microtime(true);
+$cpuStart = $cpuSeconds();
+
+for ($repeat = 0; $repeat < REPEAT; ++$repeat) {
+    $run();
+}
+
+$cpu = $cpuSeconds() - $cpuStart;
+$wall = microtime(true) - $wallStart;
+
+@unlink($sourceFilePath);
+
+$totalCalls = REPEAT * count($callLikes);
+
+printf('CallLike nodes: %d, repeats: %d, enterNode() calls: %d%s', count($callLikes), REPEAT, $totalCalls, PHP_EOL);
+printf('CPU:  %.4f s  (%.3f us/call)%s', $cpu, $cpu / $totalCalls * 1_000_000, PHP_EOL);
+printf('wall: %.4f s%s', $wall, PHP_EOL);
diff --git a/src/PhpParser/NodeVisitor/CallLikeReflectionNodeVisitor.php b/src/PhpParser/NodeVisitor/CallLikeReflectionNodeVisitor.php
index d7782ca763f..f7e479eee72 100644
--- a/src/PhpParser/NodeVisitor/CallLikeReflectionNodeVisitor.php
+++ b/src/PhpParser/NodeVisitor/CallLikeReflectionNodeVisitor.php
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ public function enterNode(Node $node): ?Node
             return null;
         }
 
+        // only closure/arrow-fn or array args are decorated below; skip the reflection otherwise
+        if (! $this->hasClosureArrowOrArrayArg($args)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         $functionLikeReflection = $this->reflectionResolver->resolveFunctionLikeReflectionFromCall($node);
 
         $this->decorateClosureWithVariadicArgs($args, $functionLikeReflection);
@@ -61,6 +66,19 @@ public function enterNode(Node $node): ?Node
         return null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param Arg[] $args
+     */
+    private function hasClosureArrowOrArrayArg(array $args): bool
+    {
+        return array_any(
+            $args,
+            static fn (Arg $arg): bool => $arg->value instanceof Closure
+                || $arg->value instanceof ArrowFunction
+                || $arg->value instanceof Array_
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param Arg[] $args
      */