diff --git a/src/Rules/PhpDoc/VarTagTypeRuleHelper.php b/src/Rules/PhpDoc/VarTagTypeRuleHelper.php
index a2916518aa..f6656d6683 100644
--- a/src/Rules/PhpDoc/VarTagTypeRuleHelper.php
+++ b/src/Rules/PhpDoc/VarTagTypeRuleHelper.php
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ private function checkType(Type $type, Type $varTagType): bool
 			return $this->checkType($innerType, $innerVarTagType);
 		}
 
+		if ($type->isConstantValue()->yes()) {
+			return $type->isSuperTypeOf($varTagType)->no();
+		}
+
 		return !$type->isSuperTypeOf($varTagType)->yes();
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/WrongVariableNameInVarTagRuleTest.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/WrongVariableNameInVarTagRuleTest.php
index 4b860751e7..959a87c847 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/WrongVariableNameInVarTagRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/WrongVariableNameInVarTagRuleTest.php
@@ -356,10 +356,6 @@ public function testEmptyArrayInitWithWiderPhpDoc(bool $checkTypeAgainstNativeTy
 		$errors = !$checkTypeAgainstNativeType
 			? []
 			: [
-				[
-					'PHPDoc tag @var with type int|null is not subtype of native type null.',
-					6,
-				],
 				[
 					'PHPDoc tag @var with type int is not subtype of native type array{}.',
 					24,