diff --git a/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/Class_/ClassMethodArrayDocblockParamFromLocalCallsRector/Fixture/skip_empty_iterable_value_type.php.inc b/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/Class_/ClassMethodArrayDocblockParamFromLocalCallsRector/Fixture/skip_empty_iterable_value_type.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bdfd6bc198b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/Rector/Class_/ClassMethodArrayDocblockParamFromLocalCallsRector/Fixture/skip_empty_iterable_value_type.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Tests\TypeDeclarationDocblocks\Rector\Class_\ClassMethodArrayDocblockParamFromLocalCallsRector\Fixture;
+
+final class SkipEmptyIterableValueType
+{
+    public function run()
+    {
+        /** @var list $value */
+        $value = [];
+
+        $this->someCall($value);
+    }
+
+    private function someCall(array $value)
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rules/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/NodeDocblockTypeDecorator.php b/rules/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/NodeDocblockTypeDecorator.php
index a74c46e0096..38b913e9378 100644
--- a/rules/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/NodeDocblockTypeDecorator.php
+++ b/rules/TypeDeclarationDocblocks/NodeDocblockTypeDecorator.php
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ public function decorateGenericIterableParamType(
         $normalizedType = $this->typeNormalizer->generalizeConstantTypes($type);
         $typeNode = $this->createTypeNode($normalizedType);
 
+        // no value iterable type
+        if ($typeNode instanceof IdentifierTypeNode) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         $paramTagValueNode = new ParamTagValueNode($typeNode, false, '$' . $parameterName, '', false);
 
         $this->addTagValueNodeAndUpdatePhpDocInfo($phpDocInfo, $paramTagValueNode, $classMethod);
@@ -64,6 +69,11 @@ public function decorateGenericIterableReturnType(
             return false;
         }
 
+        // no value iterable type
+        if ($typeNode instanceof IdentifierTypeNode) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         $returnTagValueNode = new ReturnTagValueNode($typeNode, '');
 
         $this->addTagValueNodeAndUpdatePhpDocInfo($classMethodPhpDocInfo, $returnTagValueNode, $classMethod);
@@ -80,6 +90,11 @@ public function decorateGenericIterableVarType(Type $type, PhpDocInfo $phpDocInf
             return false;
         }
 
+        // no value iterable type
+        if ($typeNode instanceof IdentifierTypeNode) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         $varTagValueNode = new VarTagValueNode($typeNode, '', '');
 
         $this->addTagValueNodeAndUpdatePhpDocInfo($phpDocInfo, $varTagValueNode, $property);