diff --git a/rules/Php80/Rector/Property/NestedAnnotationToAttributeRector.php b/rules/Php80/Rector/Property/NestedAnnotationToAttributeRector.php
index 78ac6a21d70..c5f4434b06f 100644
--- a/rules/Php80/Rector/Property/NestedAnnotationToAttributeRector.php
+++ b/rules/Php80/Rector/Property/NestedAnnotationToAttributeRector.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace Rector\Php80\Rector\Property;
 
+use PhpParser\Comment\Doc;
 use PhpParser\Node;
 use PhpParser\Node\AttributeGroup;
 use PhpParser\Node\Param;
@@ -106,6 +107,11 @@ public function getNodeTypes(): array
      */
     public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
     {
+        // nested annotations converted to attributes only come from a docblock; skip nodes without one
+        if (!$node->getDocComment() instanceof Doc) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         $phpDocInfo = $this->phpDocInfoFactory->createFromNode($node);
         if (! $phpDocInfo instanceof PhpDocInfo) {
             return null;