diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/YieldDataProviderRector/Fixture/skip_used_as_array.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/YieldDataProviderRector/Fixture/skip_used_as_array.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..210c3306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/YieldDataProviderRector/Fixture/skip_used_as_array.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\Class_\YieldDataProviderRector\Fixture;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+final class SkipUsedAsArray extends TestCase
+{
+    #[\PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider('provideDataForProvider')]
+    public function test(string $filePath): void
+    {
+    }
+
+    public static function provideDataForProvider()
+    {
+        return [
+            ['<?php implode("", $foo, );', '<?php implode($foo, "", );']
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function testOther()
+    {
+        $firstData = self::provideDataForProvider()[0];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/YieldDataProviderRector.php b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/YieldDataProviderRector.php
index d8cd0c60..97f2704c 100644
--- a/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/YieldDataProviderRector.php
+++ b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/YieldDataProviderRector.php
@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@
 use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Class_;
 use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\ClassMethod;
 use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Return_;
+use PHPStan\Analyser\Scope;
 use PHPStan\PhpDocParser\Ast\PhpDoc\ReturnTagValueNode;
 use Rector\BetterPhpDocParser\PhpDocInfo\PhpDocInfoFactory;
+use Rector\DeadCode\NodeAnalyzer\IsClassMethodUsedAnalyzer;
 use Rector\NodeTypeResolver\Node\AttributeKey;
 use Rector\PhpParser\NodeTransformer;
 use Rector\PHPUnit\NodeAnalyzer\TestsNodeAnalyzer;
 use Rector\PHPUnit\NodeFinder\DataProviderClassMethodFinder;
-use Rector\Rector\AbstractRector;
+use Rector\Rector\AbstractScopeAwareRector;
 use Symplify\RuleDocGenerator\ValueObject\CodeSample\CodeSample;
 use Symplify\RuleDocGenerator\ValueObject\RuleDefinition;
 
@@ -26,13 +28,14 @@
  *
  * @see \Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\Class_\YieldDataProviderRector\YieldDataProviderRectorTest
  */
-final class YieldDataProviderRector extends AbstractRector
+final class YieldDataProviderRector extends AbstractScopeAwareRector
 {
     public function __construct(
         private readonly NodeTransformer $nodeTransformer,
         private readonly TestsNodeAnalyzer $testsNodeAnalyzer,
         private readonly DataProviderClassMethodFinder $dataProviderClassMethodFinder,
         private readonly PhpDocInfoFactory $phpDocInfoFactory,
+        private readonly IsClassMethodUsedAnalyzer $isClassMethodUsedAnalyzer
     ) {
     }
 
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ public function getNodeTypes(): array
     /**
      * @param Class_ $node
      */
-    public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
+    public function refactorWithScope(Node $node, Scope $scope): ?Class_
     {
         if (! $this->testsNodeAnalyzer->isInTestClass($node)) {
             return null;
@@ -95,6 +98,10 @@ public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
                 continue;
             }
 
+            if ($this->isClassMethodUsedAnalyzer->isClassMethodUsed($node, $dataProviderClassMethod, $scope)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             $this->transformArrayToYieldsOnMethodNode($dataProviderClassMethod, $array);
             $hasChanged = true;
         }