diff --git a/src/Type/Accessory/AccessoryNumericStringType.php b/src/Type/Accessory/AccessoryNumericStringType.php
index 2e720c9800..fbc1bc4ce3 100644
--- a/src/Type/Accessory/AccessoryNumericStringType.php
+++ b/src/Type/Accessory/AccessoryNumericStringType.php
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ public function isSubTypeOf(Type $otherType): TrinaryLogic
 
 	public function isAcceptedBy(Type $acceptingType, bool $strictTypes): TrinaryLogic
 	{
+		if ($acceptingType->isNonEmptyString()->yes()) {
+			return TrinaryLogic::createYes();
+		}
+
 		return $this->isSubTypeOf($acceptingType);
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Methods/ReturnTypeRuleTest.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Methods/ReturnTypeRuleTest.php
index eec5f3ae9c..d780032ebd 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Methods/ReturnTypeRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Methods/ReturnTypeRuleTest.php
@@ -695,4 +695,9 @@ public function testConditionalTypes(): void
 		]);
 	}
 
+	public function testBug7265(): void
+	{
+		$this->analyse([__DIR__ . '/data/bug-7265.php'], []);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Methods/data/bug-7265.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Methods/data/bug-7265.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06012e6349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Methods/data/bug-7265.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Bug7265;
+
+class HelloWorld
+{
+	/**
+	 * @param literal-string $assetPath e.g. css/cmsfasttrack.css or js/fasttrack.js
+	 * @return non-empty-string
+	 */
+	static public function assetId(string $assetPath)
+	{
+		if (strpos($assetPath, 'css/') !== 0 && strpos($assetPath, 'js/') !== 0 && strpos($assetPath, 'img/') !== 0) {
+			throw new \RuntimeException('Invalid asset path "' . $assetPath . '"');
+		}
+
+		$mtime = filemtime($assetPath);
+
+		if ($mtime === false) {
+			throw new \RuntimeException('Unable to get filemtime for asset path "' . $assetPath . '"');
+		}
+
+		return (string)$mtime;
+	}
+}