diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/AssertionReconciler.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/AssertionReconciler.php
index af74d7833bf..9f25f197135 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/AssertionReconciler.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/AssertionReconciler.php
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ private static function handleLiteralEquality(
                     $old_var_type_string,
                     $var_id,
                     $assertion,
-                    true,
+                    false,
                     $negated,
                     $code_location,
                     $suppressed_issues