diff --git a/phpunit/code/variadic-fixed-arguments.php b/phpunit/code/variadic-fixed-arguments.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8e78342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/code/variadic-fixed-arguments.php
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?php
+function fixedAndVariadic($head, ...$tail): array { return func_get_args(); }
diff --git a/phpunit/src/VariadicFixedArgumentsTest.php b/phpunit/src/VariadicFixedArgumentsTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..139cf6cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit/src/VariadicFixedArgumentsTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+
+use TypePhp\CompilerTest;
+
+final class VariadicFixedArgumentsTest extends BaseTest
+{
+    public function testFixedArgumentsInitializeTheArrayBeforeVariadicMerge(): void
+    {
+        global $translator;
+        $compiler = CompilerTest::create(TYPEPHP_ROOT_PATH);
+        $translator = $compiler;
+        $source = TYPEPHP_ROOT_PATH . '/phpunit/code/variadic-fixed-arguments.php';
+        $compiler->addFiles([$source]);
+        $compiler->prepareFile($source);
+        $code = file_get_contents($compiler->convertFile($source));
+        self::assertMatchesRegularExpression(
+            '/(tmp_var_\d+) = php::Array\{\s*head\s*\};\s*\1\.merge\(tail\);/',
+            $code,
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Optimizer/FuncCallOptimizer.php b/src/Optimizer/FuncCallOptimizer.php
index 2a28700a..cba6f0bc 100644
--- a/src/Optimizer/FuncCallOptimizer.php
+++ b/src/Optimizer/FuncCallOptimizer.php
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ protected function genFuncGetArgs(string $name, Node\Expr\FuncCall $expr, array
         foreach ($funcDef->argInfoList as $i => $argInfo) {
             if ($argInfo->variadic) {
                 $tmpVar = $this->addTmpVar(Type::ARRAY);
-                $this->context->beforeStmtLines[] = $this->genArray($list) . ';';
+                $this->context->beforeStmtLines[] = $tmpVar . ' = ' . $this->genArray($list) . ';';
                 $this->context->beforeStmtLines[] = $tmpVar . '.merge(' . $argInfo->name . ');';
                 return $tmpVar;
             }
diff --git a/tests/compiler/functions/func-get-args-fixed-variadic.phpt b/tests/compiler/functions/func-get-args-fixed-variadic.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1dd9e3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compiler/functions/func-get-args-fixed-variadic.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--TEST--
+func_get_args retains fixed parameters before the variadic tail
+--FILE--
+<?php
+function fixedAndTail($head, ...$tail): array { return func_get_args(); }
+function multipleFixed($first, $second, ...$tail): array { return func_get_args(); }
+function onlyTail(...$tail): array { return func_get_args(); }
+function changedFixed(&$head, ...$tail): array { $head = 7; return func_get_args(); }
+function main(): void {
+    echo json_encode(fixedAndTail(1,2,3)), "\n";
+    echo json_encode(fixedAndTail(1)), "\n";
+    echo json_encode(multipleFixed('a','b',3,4)), "\n";
+    echo json_encode(onlyTail(1,2)), "\n";
+    $head = 1;
+    echo json_encode(changedFixed($head,2,3)), ':', $head, "\n";
+}
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+[1,2,3]
+[1]
+["a","b",3,4]
+[1,2]
+[7,2,3]:7
diff --git a/tests/compiler/functions/func_get_args.phpt b/tests/compiler/functions/func_get_args.phpt
index 6219fc7a..18ec89ee 100644
--- a/tests/compiler/functions/func_get_args.phpt
+++ b/tests/compiler/functions/func_get_args.phpt
@@ -44,11 +44,17 @@ array(5) {
   [4]=>
   int(10)
 }
-array(3) {
+array(6) {
   [0]=>
-  int(8)
+  int(1)
   [1]=>
-  int(10)
+  int(3)
   [2]=>
+  int(5)
+  [3]=>
+  int(8)
+  [4]=>
+  int(10)
+  [5]=>
   int(12)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}