diff --git a/src/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/modules/decompiler/IfPatternMatchProcessor.java b/src/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/modules/decompiler/IfPatternMatchProcessor.java
index c5263406a..548e67028 100644
--- a/src/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/modules/decompiler/IfPatternMatchProcessor.java
+++ b/src/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/modules/decompiler/IfPatternMatchProcessor.java
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ private static void findVarsInPredecessors(List<VarVersionPair> vvs, Statement r
       for (StatEdge pred : st.getAllPredecessorEdges()) {
         Statement stat = pred.getSource();
         stack.add(stat);
-        if (stat == root) {
+        if (root.containsStatement(stat)) {
           continue;
         }
 
diff --git a/testData/results/pkg/TestPatternMatching17.dec b/testData/results/pkg/TestPatternMatching17.dec
index 5360304d6..1e0756c51 100644
--- a/testData/results/pkg/TestPatternMatching17.dec
+++ b/testData/results/pkg/TestPatternMatching17.dec
@@ -175,6 +175,14 @@ public class TestPatternMatching17 {
    public String multiCombo(Object o, String s) {
       return o instanceof String s2 && !s.isEmpty() ? s2 + s : s;// 175 176 178
    }
+
+   public void testInLoop(Object[] a) {
+      for (Object o : a) {// 182
+         if (o instanceof String s && !s.isEmpty()) {// 183
+            System.out.println(s);// 184
+         }
+      }
+   }// 187
 }
 
 class 'pkg/TestPatternMatching17' {
@@ -848,6 +856,47 @@ class 'pkg/TestPatternMatching17' {
       19      175
       1b      175
    }
+
+   method 'testInLoop ([Ljava/lang/Object;)V' {
+      0      179
+      1      179
+      2      179
+      4      179
+      6      179
+      7      179
+      12      179
+      13      179
+      14      180
+      15      180
+      16      180
+      17      180
+      18      180
+      19      180
+      1a      180
+      1b      180
+      21      180
+      22      180
+      23      180
+      24      180
+      25      180
+      26      180
+      27      180
+      28      180
+      29      180
+      2a      180
+      2b      181
+      2c      181
+      2d      181
+      2e      181
+      2f      181
+      30      181
+      31      181
+      32      181
+      33      179
+      34      179
+      35      179
+      39      184
+   }
 }
 
 Lines mapping:
@@ -943,6 +992,10 @@ Lines mapping:
 175 <-> 176
 176 <-> 176
 178 <-> 176
+182 <-> 180
+183 <-> 181
+184 <-> 182
+187 <-> 185
 Not mapped:
 42
-49
\ No newline at end of file
+49
diff --git a/testData/src/java17/pkg/TestPatternMatching17.java b/testData/src/java17/pkg/TestPatternMatching17.java
index c746fccc7..629818c9e 100644
--- a/testData/src/java17/pkg/TestPatternMatching17.java
+++ b/testData/src/java17/pkg/TestPatternMatching17.java
@@ -177,4 +177,12 @@ public String multiCombo(Object o, String s) {
       }
       return s;
   }
+
+  public void testInLoop(Object[] a) {
+    for (Object o : a) {
+      if (o instanceof String s && !s.isEmpty()) {
+        System.out.println(s);
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }