diff --git a/crates/ruff_linter/resources/test/fixtures/refurb/FURB140.py b/crates/ruff_linter/resources/test/fixtures/refurb/FURB140.py
index e4de0667c76eab..2df7314c2a22e9 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_linter/resources/test/fixtures/refurb/FURB140.py
+++ b/crates/ruff_linter/resources/test/fixtures/refurb/FURB140.py
@@ -53,3 +53,7 @@ def zipped():
 [print(x, *y) for x, y in zipped()]
 
 [print(*x, *y) for x, y in zipped()]
+
+[" ".join(x)(x, y) for x, y in zipped()]
+
+[" ".join(x)(*x) for x in zipped()]
diff --git a/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/refurb/rules/reimplemented_starmap.rs b/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/refurb/rules/reimplemented_starmap.rs
index 7c52b5bf058c11..6c26bddf91e55c 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/refurb/rules/reimplemented_starmap.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/refurb/rules/reimplemented_starmap.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use anyhow::{bail, Result};
 use ruff_diagnostics::{Diagnostic, Edit, Fix, FixAvailability, Violation};
 use ruff_macros::{derive_message_formats, violation};
 use ruff_python_ast::comparable::ComparableExpr;
+use ruff_python_ast::helpers::any_over_expr;
 use ruff_python_ast::{self as ast, Expr};
 use ruff_text_size::{Ranged, TextRange};
 
@@ -122,6 +123,13 @@ pub(crate) fn reimplemented_starmap(checker: &mut Checker, target: &StarmapCandi
             if ComparableExpr::from(value.as_ref()) != ComparableExpr::from(name) {
                 return;
             }
+
+            // If the argument is used outside the function call, we can't replace it.
+            if any_over_expr(&func, &|expr| {
+                expr.as_name_expr().is_some_and(|expr| expr.id == name.id)
+            }) {
+                return;
+            }
         }
         // Ex) `f(x, y, z) for x, y, z in iter`
         ComprehensionTarget::Tuple(tuple) => {
@@ -131,23 +139,30 @@ pub(crate) fn reimplemented_starmap(checker: &mut Checker, target: &StarmapCandi
             {
                 return;
             }
+
+            // If any of the members are used outside the function call, we can't replace it.
+            if any_over_expr(&func, &|expr| {
+                expr.as_name_expr().is_some_and(|expr| {
+                    tuple
+                        .elts
+                        .iter()
+                        .any(|elt| elt.as_name_expr().is_some_and(|elt| elt.id == expr.id))
+                })
+            }) {
+                return;
+            }
         }
     }
 
     let mut diagnostic = Diagnostic::new(ReimplementedStarmap, target.range());
     diagnostic.try_set_fix(|| {
-        // Try importing `starmap` from `itertools`.
-        //
-        // It is not required to be `itertools.starmap`, though. The user might've already
-        // imported it. Maybe even under a different name. So, we should use that name
-        // for fix construction.
+        // Import `starmap` from `itertools`.
         let (import_edit, starmap_name) = checker.importer().get_or_import_symbol(
             &ImportRequest::import_from("itertools", "starmap"),
             target.start(),
             checker.semantic(),
         )?;
-        // The actual fix suggestion depends on what type of expression we were looking at.
-        //
+        // The actual fix suggestion depends on what type of expression we were looking at:
         // - For generator expressions, we use `starmap` call directly.
         // - For list and set comprehensions, we'd want to wrap it with `list` and `set`
         //   correspondingly.