diff --git a/rules-tests/Arguments/Rector/FuncCall/FunctionArgumentDefaultValueReplacerRector/Fixture/skip_version_compare.php.inc b/rules-tests/Arguments/Rector/FuncCall/FunctionArgumentDefaultValueReplacerRector/Fixture/skip_version_compare.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b47fb2f0cef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/Arguments/Rector/FuncCall/FunctionArgumentDefaultValueReplacerRector/Fixture/skip_version_compare.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Tests\Arguments\Rector\FuncCall\FunctionArgumentDefaultValueReplacerRector\Fixture;
+
+class SkipVersionCompare
+{
+    public function run()
+    {
+        version_compare($a, $b, $c);
+        version_compare(1, 2);
+        version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.6', 'le');
+    }
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/rules-tests/Arguments/Rector/FuncCall/FunctionArgumentDefaultValueReplacerRector/Fixture/version_compare.php.inc b/rules-tests/Arguments/Rector/FuncCall/FunctionArgumentDefaultValueReplacerRector/Fixture/version_compare.php.inc
index faffaf9efd9..4dbbec111b9 100644
--- a/rules-tests/Arguments/Rector/FuncCall/FunctionArgumentDefaultValueReplacerRector/Fixture/version_compare.php.inc
+++ b/rules-tests/Arguments/Rector/FuncCall/FunctionArgumentDefaultValueReplacerRector/Fixture/version_compare.php.inc
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ class VersionCompare
 {
     public function run()
     {
-        version_compare(1, 2);
         version_compare(1, 2, '');
         version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.6', 'lte');
-        version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.6', 'le');
     }
 }
 
@@ -23,10 +21,8 @@ class VersionCompare
 {
     public function run()
     {
-        version_compare(1, 2);
         version_compare(1, 2, '!=');
         version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.6', 'le');
-        version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.6', 'le');
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/rules/Arguments/ArgumentDefaultValueReplacer.php b/rules/Arguments/ArgumentDefaultValueReplacer.php
index 641da7e8004..4b986af5276 100644
--- a/rules/Arguments/ArgumentDefaultValueReplacer.php
+++ b/rules/Arguments/ArgumentDefaultValueReplacer.php
@@ -113,15 +113,17 @@ private function processArgs(
             $replaceArgumentDefaultValue->getValueBefore()
         ) && $argValue === $replaceArgumentDefaultValue->getValueBefore()) {
             $expr->args[$position] = $this->normalizeValueToArgument($replaceArgumentDefaultValue->getValueAfter());
+            return $expr;
         } elseif (is_array($replaceArgumentDefaultValue->getValueBefore())) {
             $newArgs = $this->processArrayReplacement($expr->getArgs(), $replaceArgumentDefaultValue);
 
             if (is_array($newArgs)) {
                 $expr->args = $newArgs;
+                return $expr;
             }
         }
 
-        return $expr;
+        return null;
     }
 
     private function normalizeValueToArgument(mixed $value): Arg