diff --git a/src/Generator/CallArgumentGenerator.php b/src/Generator/CallArgumentGenerator.php
index f7d68649..19876b35 100644
--- a/src/Generator/CallArgumentGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Generator/CallArgumentGenerator.php
@@ -314,6 +314,19 @@ protected function parseNativeCallArgs(
                     // iteration instead of accumulating arguments.
                     $variadicVar = $this->addTmpVar(Type::ARRAY);
                     $this->context->beforeStmtLines[] = $variadicVar . '.unset();';
+                    if ($argInfo->byRef) {
+                        // The aggregation array owns the second reference to
+                        // every caller slot, so queue its release before the
+                        // per-argument RefWrap::commit() lines are appended:
+                        // committing while the second reference is alive
+                        // trips the typed-reference escape check. The guard
+                        // also releases during C++ exception unwinding into
+                        // a PHP catch block.
+                        $cleanupGuard = $this->genTmpVarName();
+                        $this->context->beforeStmtLines[] = 'php::ArrayCleanupGuard ' . $cleanupGuard
+                            . '{' . $variadicVar . '};';
+                        $this->context->afterStmtLines[] = $cleanupGuard . '.cleanup();';
+                    }
                 }
                 if ($arg->unpack) {
                     $method = $argInfo->byRef ? 'mergeReferences' : 'merge';
@@ -338,15 +351,6 @@ protected function parseNativeCallArgs(
             }
             if ($variadicVar !== null) {
                 $resolvedArgs[$variadicArgIndex] = $variadicVar;
-                if ($functionDef->argInfoList[$variadicArgIndex]->byRef) {
-                    // The aggregation array owns the second reference to every
-                    // caller slot. Release it after the full PHP statement and
-                    // also during C++ exception unwinding into a PHP catch block.
-                    $cleanupGuard = $this->genTmpVarName();
-                    $this->context->beforeStmtLines[] = 'php::ArrayCleanupGuard ' . $cleanupGuard
-                        . '{' . $variadicVar . '};';
-                    $this->context->afterStmtLines[] = $cleanupGuard . '.cleanup();';
-                }
             }
             ksort($resolvedArgs);
             return implode(', ', $resolvedArgs);
diff --git a/tests/compiler/variadic/by-reference-variadic-local.phpt b/tests/compiler/variadic/by-reference-variadic-local.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..27200f94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compiler/variadic/by-reference-variadic-local.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+--TEST--
+by-ref variadic writes back to local variable arguments
+--FILE--
+<?php
+class Box {
+    public int $p = 5;
+    public function bump(int &...$vals): void {
+        foreach ($vals as &$v) { $v += 10; }
+    }
+}
+function bump(int &...$vals): void {
+    foreach ($vals as &$v) { $v += 10; }
+}
+function bumpu(&...$vals): void {
+    foreach ($vals as &$v) { $v = $v + 10; }
+}
+function main(): void
+{
+    $a = 1;
+    bump($a);
+    var_dump($a);
+    for ($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
+        bump($a);
+    }
+    var_dump($a);
+    $c = 2;
+    bump(vals: $c);
+    var_dump($c);
+    bumpu($a);
+    var_dump($a);
+    $b = new Box();
+    $b->bump($b->p);
+    var_dump($b->p);
+    $arr = [7];
+    bump($arr[0]);
+    var_dump($arr[0]);
+}
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+int(11)
+int(41)
+int(12)
+int(51)
+int(15)
+int(17)