diff --git a/src/js_parser/visit/visit_expr.rs b/src/js_parser/visit/visit_expr.rs
index 260a937e154b..bc0560e39569 100644
--- a/src/js_parser/visit/visit_expr.rs
+++ b/src/js_parser/visit/visit_expr.rs
@@ -1085,7 +1085,11 @@ impl<'a, const TYPESCRIPT: bool, const SCAN_ONLY: bool> P<'a, TYPESCRIPT, SCAN_O
                                 return;
                             }
                         }
-                    } else if let Some(array) = target.data.as_e_array() {
+                    } else if !is_call_target && let Some(array) = target.data.as_e_array() {
+                        // `[x][0]()` calls `x` with `this` bound to the array
+                        // literal itself (GetThisValue of the Reference), which
+                        // neither `x()` nor `(0, x)()` reproduces, so the fold
+                        // must not fire for call targets.
                         let int: usize = number.value() as usize;
                         // [x][0] -> x
                         // ['a', 'b', 'c'][1] -> 'b'
@@ -1105,13 +1109,7 @@ impl<'a, const TYPESCRIPT: bool, const SCAN_ONLY: bool> P<'a, TYPESCRIPT, SCAN_O
                                 return;
                             }
                             if inlined.can_be_inlined_from_property_access() {
-                                // "[obj.m][0]()" => "(0, obj.m)()"
-                                *e = if is_call_target && inlined.has_value_for_this_in_call() {
-                                    p.new_expr(E::Number::new(0.0), expr.loc)
-                                        .join_with_comma(inlined)
-                                } else {
-                                    inlined
-                                };
+                                *e = inlined;
                                 return;
                             }
                         }
diff --git a/src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs b/src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs
index 2eee3816433a..0eae2299c098 100644
--- a/src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs
+++ b/src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ bun_core::declare_scope!(cache, visible);
 /// Version 25: Every ModuleInfo record carries a trailing FetchParameters slot
 /// so ImportEntry/ExportEntry/StarExportEntry moduleRequestType matches JSC's
 /// after WebKit 90b2ecf79ae3 keyed m_loadedModules on (specifier, type).
-const EXPECTED_VERSION: u32 = 25;
+/// Version 26: The `[x][0] -> x` fold no longer fires in call position, so
+/// `[obj.m][0]()` keeps the array literal as `this` instead of `(0, obj.m)()`.
+const EXPECTED_VERSION: u32 = 26;
 
 /// Source files smaller than this are not written to / read from the on-disk
 /// transpiler cache. Originally 50 KiB, which excluded almost every file in a
diff --git a/test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js b/test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js
index 75ff51849b6f..643a7f58e398 100644
--- a/test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js
+++ b/test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js
@@ -192,15 +192,23 @@ describe("Bun.Transpiler", () => {
       ts.expectPrintedMin_("x = ({f: y}).f", "x = y");
       ts.expectPrintedMin_("x = new ({f: C}).f()", "x = new C");
     });
-    it("bails out or strips `this` when the index is a call/assignment target", () => {
+    it("bails out when the index is a call/assignment target", () => {
       // `[obj.m][0]()` calls through a Reference into the temporary array,
-      // so `this` is the array; inlining to `obj.m()` would bind `this` to
-      // `obj`. Match the sibling folds and emit `(0, obj.m)()`.
-      ts.expectPrintedMin_("x = [obj.m][0]()", "x = (0, obj.m)()");
-      ts.expectPrintedMin_("x = [obj[m]][0]()", "x = (0, obj[m])()");
+      // so `this` is the array literal itself. Neither `obj.m()` nor
+      // `(0, obj.m)()` reproduces that, so the fold must not fire in call
+      // position at all. That includes plain identifiers and function
+      // expressions: `[y][0]()` calls `y` with `this` set to the array.
+      ts.expectPrintedMin_("x = [obj.m][0]()", "x = [obj.m][0]()");
+      ts.expectPrintedMin_("x = [obj[m]][0]()", "x = [obj[m]][0]()");
       ts.expectPrintedMin_("x = [obj.m][0]", "x = obj.m");
-      ts.expectPrintedMin_("x = [y][0]()", "x = y()");
-      ts.expectPrintedMin_("x = [() => y][0]()", "x = (() => y)()");
+      ts.expectPrintedMin_("x = [y][0]()", "x = [y][0]()");
+      ts.expectPrintedMin_("x = [() => y][0]()", "x = [() => y][0]()");
+      ts.expectPrintedMin_("x = [obj.m][0]?.()", "x = [obj.m][0]?.()");
+      ts.expectPrintedMin_("x = [obj.m]?.[0]()", "x = [obj.m][0]()");
+      ts.expectPrintedMin_("x = [0, y][1]()", "x = [0, y][1]()");
+      // `new` does not thread `this` through the callee Reference, so the
+      // fold still fires there.
+      ts.expectPrintedMin_("x = new [C][0]()", "x = new C");
 
       // `[x][0] = v` writes into the temporary, not `x`. Same for `"s"[n]`.
       ts.expectPrintedMin_("[obj.p][0] = 5", "[obj.p][0] = 5");
@@ -230,6 +238,13 @@ describe("Bun.Transpiler", () => {
         check("chain pure", () => [[0, /* @__PURE__ */ a?.()]][0]?.[1].c, "TypeError");
         var obj = { n: "obj", m() { return this === obj; } };
         check("this",       () => [obj.m][0](), "=> false");
+        obj.who = function () { return Array.isArray(this); };
+        var who = obj.who;
+        check("this arr dot",   () => [obj.who][0](), "=> true");
+        check("this arr ident", () => [who][0](), "=> true");
+        check("this arr opt",   () => [obj.who][0]?.(), "=> true");
+        check("this arr multi", () => [0, who][1](), "=> true");
+        check("this arr fn",    () => [function () { return Array.isArray(this); }][0](), "=> true");
         var o2 = { p: 1 };
         check("assign",     () => ([o2.p][0] = 5, o2.p), "=> 1");
         var ab = { b: class {} };
@@ -252,6 +267,11 @@ describe("Bun.Transpiler", () => {
         "chain cont: ok",
         "chain pure: ok",
         "this: ok",
+        "this arr dot: ok",
+        "this arr ident: ok",
+        "this arr opt: ok",
+        "this arr multi: ok",
+        "this arr fn: ok",
         "assign: ok",
         "new obj: ok",
       ]);