diff --git a/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/JavaClassSupersImpl.java b/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/JavaClassSupersImpl.java
index cbe80cc602fc..083c87f64376 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/JavaClassSupersImpl.java
+++ b/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/JavaClassSupersImpl.java
@@ -129,7 +129,26 @@ public final class JavaClassSupersImpl extends JavaClassSupers {
         if (paramCandidate instanceof PsiTypeParameter && paramCandidate != parameter) {
           targetType = outer.substituteWithBoundsPromotion((PsiTypeParameter)paramCandidate);
           if (targetType != null && !innerType.getNullability().equals(TypeNullability.UNKNOWN)) {
-            targetType = targetType.withNullability(innerType.getNullability());
+            TypeNullability instantiated;
+            if (PsiUtil.resolveClassInClassTypeOnly(targetType) == paramCandidate) {
+              //   interface Super<T extends @Nullable Object> { void take(@NullnessUnspecified T t); }
+              //   interface Sub<U extends @Nullable Object> extends Super<U> {}
+              //
+              // For the `Super` substitutor of `Sub`, the outer substitutor leaves `U` as it is, and then there is
+              // nothing to instantiate the usage with: the bare `U` it hands back is not written anywhere in code, so it
+              // has no nullability of its own to report, and instantiating with it would erase the nullable bound of `U`.
+              instantiated = innerType.getNullability();
+            }
+            else {
+              //initialized with the known type
+              //  Bar<String> getNonNullBar() { <- with String
+              //    return new Bar<>();
+              //  }
+
+              //simplified without taking into account the nullability of the captured type
+              instantiated = innerType.getNullability().instantiatedWith(targetType.getNullability());
+            }
+            targetType = targetType.withNullability(instantiated);
           }
         }
         else {
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/nullableProblems/ReturnDerivedWithNullableBound.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/nullableProblems/ReturnDerivedWithNullableBound.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0eea9c26bcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/nullableProblems/ReturnDerivedWithNullableBound.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import org.jspecify.annotations.NullMarked;
+import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
+
+@NullMarked
+class ReturnDerivedWithNullableBound {
+  Bar<String> getNonNullBar() {
+    return new Bar<>();
+  }
+
+  Foo<String> getNonNullFoo() {
+    return getNonNullBar();
+  }
+
+  static class Foo<T extends @Nullable Object> {
+  }
+
+  static class Bar<T extends @Nullable Object> extends Foo<T> {
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/NullableStuffInspectionTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/NullableStuffInspectionTest.java
index 1f01da6df2b0..f90940cabb3f 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/NullableStuffInspectionTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/NullableStuffInspectionTest.java
@@ -455,6 +455,13 @@ public class NullableStuffInspectionTest extends LightJavaCodeInsightFixtureTest
     setupTypeUseAnnotations("org.jspecify.annotations", myFixture);
     doTest();
   }
+
+  public void testReturnDerivedWithNullableBound() {
+    myInspection.REPORT_NOT_NULL_TO_NULLABLE_CONFLICTS_IN_ASSIGNMENTS = true;
+    addJSpecifyNullMarked(myFixture);
+    setupTypeUseAnnotations("org.jspecify.annotations", myFixture);
+    doTest();
+  }
   
   public void testNullableParameterOverride() {
     doTest();