diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Codebase/Functions.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Codebase/Functions.php
index eb73c2932be..54e1bdca1f0 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Codebase/Functions.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Codebase/Functions.php
@@ -530,12 +530,8 @@ public function isCallMapFunctionPure(
         if ($function_id === 'serialize' && isset($args[0]) && $type_provider) {
             $serialize_type = $type_provider->getType($args[0]->value);
 
-            if ($serialize_type) {
-                foreach ($serialize_type->getAtomicTypes() as $atomic_serialize_type) {
-                    if ($atomic_serialize_type->isObjectType()) {
-                        return false;
-                    }
-                }
+            if ($serialize_type && $serialize_type->containsObjectType()) {
+                return false;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/TypeVisitor/ContainsObjectTypeVisitor.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/TypeVisitor/ContainsObjectTypeVisitor.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c2af2184f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/TypeVisitor/ContainsObjectTypeVisitor.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Psalm\Internal\TypeVisitor;
+
+use Psalm\Type\Atomic\TNamedObject;
+use Psalm\Type\Atomic\TObject;
+use Psalm\Type\Atomic\TTemplateParam;
+use Psalm\Type\NodeVisitor;
+use Psalm\Type\TypeNode;
+
+class ContainsObjectTypeVisitor extends NodeVisitor
+{
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    private $contains_object_type = false;
+
+    protected function enterNode(TypeNode $type): ?int
+    {
+        if ($this instanceof TObject
+            || $this instanceof TNamedObject
+            || ($this instanceof TTemplateParam
+                && $this->as->hasObjectType())
+        ) {
+            $this->contains_object_type = true;
+            return NodeVisitor::STOP_TRAVERSAL;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public function matches(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->contains_object_type;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Psalm/Type/Union.php b/src/Psalm/Type/Union.php
index 6ff34be3156..6a82d192e9e 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Type/Union.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Type/Union.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use Psalm\Internal\Type\TypeCombiner;
 use Psalm\Internal\TypeVisitor\ContainsClassLikeVisitor;
 use Psalm\Internal\TypeVisitor\ContainsLiteralVisitor;
+use Psalm\Internal\TypeVisitor\ContainsObjectTypeVisitor;
 use Psalm\Internal\TypeVisitor\FromDocblockSetter;
 use Psalm\Internal\TypeVisitor\TemplateTypeCollector;
 use Psalm\Internal\TypeVisitor\TypeChecker;
@@ -1492,6 +1493,15 @@ public function containsAnyLiteral(): bool
         return $literal_visitor->matches();
     }
 
+    public function containsObjectType(): bool
+    {
+        $object_type_visitor = new ContainsObjectTypeVisitor();
+
+        $object_type_visitor->traverseArray($this->types);
+
+        return $object_type_visitor->matches();
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return list<TTemplateParam>
      */
diff --git a/tests/UnusedCodeTest.php b/tests/UnusedCodeTest.php
index 373ad1cf72b..e0e1baec322 100644
--- a/tests/UnusedCodeTest.php
+++ b/tests/UnusedCodeTest.php
@@ -754,6 +754,7 @@ public function __wakeup(): void
                     function test(): bool {
                         try {
                             serialize(new Foo());
+                            serialize([new Foo()]);
                             unserialize("");
                         } catch (\Throwable) {
                             return false;