diff --git a/rules/Php71/Rector/FuncCall/RemoveExtraParametersRector.php b/rules/Php71/Rector/FuncCall/RemoveExtraParametersRector.php
index 71d6e02022b..dd17169e1f5 100644
--- a/rules/Php71/Rector/FuncCall/RemoveExtraParametersRector.php
+++ b/rules/Php71/Rector/FuncCall/RemoveExtraParametersRector.php
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ private function resolveMaximumAllowedParameterCount(
             $parameterCounts[] = count($parametersAcceptor->getParameters());
         }
 
+        // empty variants -> use max value possibly has to prevent removing arguments incorrectly
+        if ($parameterCounts === [0]) {
+            return PHP_INT_MAX;
+        }
+
         return max($parameterCounts);
     }
 }