diff --git a/rules/DowngradePhp72/Rector/ConstFetch/DowngradePhp72JsonConstRector.php b/rules/DowngradePhp72/Rector/ConstFetch/DowngradePhp72JsonConstRector.php
index ce64c1c9..ee7c05eb 100644
--- a/rules/DowngradePhp72/Rector/ConstFetch/DowngradePhp72JsonConstRector.php
+++ b/rules/DowngradePhp72/Rector/ConstFetch/DowngradePhp72JsonConstRector.php
@@ -67,10 +67,11 @@ public function getNodeTypes(): array
     /**
      * @param ConstFetch|BitwiseOr|If_ $node
      */
-    public function refactor(Node $node): Expr|If_|null
+    public function refactor(Node $node): Expr|null
     {
         if ($node instanceof If_) {
-            return $this->refactorIf($node);
+            $this->markConstantKnownInInnerStmts($node);
+            return null;
         }
 
         // skip as known
@@ -84,20 +85,18 @@ public function refactor(Node $node): Expr|If_|null
         ]);
     }
 
-    private function refactorIf(If_ $if): ?If_
+    private function markConstantKnownInInnerStmts(If_ $if): void
     {
         if (! $this->defineFuncCallAnalyzer->isDefinedWithConstants($if->cond, [
             JsonConstant::INVALID_UTF8_IGNORE,
             JsonConstant::INVALID_UTF8_SUBSTITUTE,
         ])) {
-            return null;
+            return;
         }
 
         $this->traverseNodesWithCallable($if, static function (Node $node): null {
             $node->setAttribute(self::PHP72_JSON_CONSTANT_IS_KNOWN, true);
             return null;
         });
-
-        return $if;
     }
 }
diff --git a/rules/DowngradePhp73/Rector/ConstFetch/DowngradePhp73JsonConstRector.php b/rules/DowngradePhp73/Rector/ConstFetch/DowngradePhp73JsonConstRector.php
index 660903ab..b4e51b27 100644
--- a/rules/DowngradePhp73/Rector/ConstFetch/DowngradePhp73JsonConstRector.php
+++ b/rules/DowngradePhp73/Rector/ConstFetch/DowngradePhp73JsonConstRector.php
@@ -102,12 +102,13 @@ public function getNodeTypes(): array
 
     /**
      * @param ConstFetch|BitwiseOr|If_|TryCatch|Expression $node
-     * @return null|Expr|If_|array<Expression|If_>
+     * @return null|Expr|array<Expression|If_>
      */
-    public function refactor(Node $node): null|Expr|If_|array
+    public function refactor(Node $node): null|Expr|array
     {
         if ($node instanceof If_) {
-            return $this->refactorIf($node);
+            $this->markConstantKnownInInnerStmts($node);
+            return null;
         }
 
         // skip as known
@@ -146,18 +147,16 @@ function (Node $subNode): ?int {
         return $this->jsonConstCleaner->clean($node, [JsonConstant::THROW_ON_ERROR]);
     }
 
-    private function refactorIf(If_ $if): ?If_
+    private function markConstantKnownInInnerStmts(If_ $if): void
     {
         if (! $this->defineFuncCallAnalyzer->isDefinedWithConstants($if->cond, [JsonConstant::THROW_ON_ERROR])) {
-            return null;
+            return;
         }
 
         $this->traverseNodesWithCallable($if, static function (Node $node): null {
             $node->setAttribute(self::PHP73_JSON_CONSTANT_IS_KNOWN, true);
             return null;
         });
-
-        return $if;
     }
 
     private function resolveFuncCall(Expression $Expression): ?FuncCall
diff --git a/rules/DowngradePhp74/Rector/MethodCall/DowngradeReflectionGetTypeRector.php b/rules/DowngradePhp74/Rector/MethodCall/DowngradeReflectionGetTypeRector.php
index 65dcf3bd..21c42dfc 100644
--- a/rules/DowngradePhp74/Rector/MethodCall/DowngradeReflectionGetTypeRector.php
+++ b/rules/DowngradePhp74/Rector/MethodCall/DowngradeReflectionGetTypeRector.php
@@ -77,11 +77,13 @@ public function getNodeTypes(): array
     public function refactor(Node $node): Node|null
     {
         if ($node instanceof Instanceof_) {
-            return $this->refactorInstanceof($node);
+            $this->markSkipInstanceof($node);
+            return null;
         }
 
         if ($node instanceof Ternary) {
-            return $this->refactorTernary($node);
+            $this->markSkipTernary($node);
+            return null;
         }
 
         if ($node->getAttribute(self::SKIP_NODE) === true) {
@@ -105,36 +107,34 @@ public function refactor(Node $node): Node|null
         );
     }
 
-    private function refactorInstanceof(Instanceof_ $instanceof): ?Instanceof_
+    private function markSkipInstanceof(Instanceof_ $instanceof): void
     {
         if (! $this->isName($instanceof->class, 'ReflectionNamedType')) {
-            return null;
+            return;
         }
 
         if (! $instanceof->expr instanceof MethodCall) {
-            return null;
+            return;
         }
 
         // checked typed → safe
         $instanceof->expr->setAttribute(self::SKIP_NODE, true);
-        return $instanceof;
     }
 
-    private function refactorTernary(Ternary $ternary): ?Ternary
+    private function markSkipTernary(Ternary $ternary): void
     {
         if (! $ternary->if instanceof Expr) {
-            return null;
+            return;
         }
 
         if (! $ternary->cond instanceof FuncCall) {
-            return null;
+            return;
         }
 
         if (! $this->isName($ternary->cond, 'method_exists')) {
-            return null;
+            return;
         }
 
         $ternary->if->setAttribute(self::SKIP_NODE, true);
-        return $ternary;
     }
 }