diff --git a/src/Lean/MetavarContext.lean b/src/Lean/MetavarContext.lean
index bff82ec59d00..b55341c1dde1 100644
--- a/src/Lean/MetavarContext.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/MetavarContext.lean
@@ -705,8 +705,11 @@ private def shouldVisit (e : Expr) : M Bool := do
           if pm mvarId then
             return true
           else
-            let lctx := (← getMCtx).getDecl mvarId |>.lctx
-            return lctx.any fun decl => pf decl.fvarId
+            match ← getDelayedMVarAssignment? mvarId with
+            | some d => visit (.mvar d.mvarIdPending)
+            | none =>
+              let lctx := (← getMCtx).getDecl mvarId |>.lctx
+              return lctx.any fun decl => pf decl.fvarId
       | .fvar fvarId     => return pf fvarId
       | _                    => pure false
   visit e
diff --git a/tests/lean/run/2483.lean b/tests/lean/run/2483.lean
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5ae2ba99e2f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lean/run/2483.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import Lean
+
+open Lean Meta Elab Term Tactic
+
+/-- Check if a goal is of a subsingleton type. -/
+def Lean.MVarId.subsingleton? (g : MVarId) : MetaM Bool := do
+  try
+    _ ← Lean.Meta.synthInstance (← mkAppM `Subsingleton #[← g.getType])
+    return true
+  catch _ =>
+    return false
+
+/--
+Check if a goal is "independent" of a list of other goals.
+We say a goal is independent of other goals if assigning a value to it
+can not change the solvability of the other goals.
+
+This function only calculates a conservative approximation of this condition.
+-/
+def Lean.MVarId.independent? (L : List MVarId) (g : MVarId) : MetaM Bool := do
+  let t ← instantiateMVars (← g.getType)
+  if t.hasExprMVar then
+    -- If the goal's type contains other meta-variables,
+    -- we conservatively say that `g` is not independent.
+    return false
+  if t.isProp then
+    -- If the goal is propositional,
+    -- proof-irrelevance should ensure it is independent of any other goals.
+    return true
+  if ← g.subsingleton? then
+    -- If the goal is a subsingleton, it should be independent of any other goals.
+    return true
+  -- Finally, we check if the goal `g` appears in the type of any of the goals `L`.
+  let r ← L.allM fun g' => do
+    let t' ← instantiateMVars (← g'.getType)
+    pure <| !(← exprDependsOn' t' (.mvar g))
+  return r
+
+unsafe def evalTacticMUnsafe (stx : Syntax) : TermElabM (TacticM Unit) :=
+  evalTerm (TacticM Unit) (mkApp (mkConst ``TacticM) (mkConst ``Unit)) stx
+
+@[implemented_by evalTacticMUnsafe]
+opaque evalTacticM (stx : Syntax) : TermElabM (TacticM Unit)
+
+/-- The `run_tac doSeq` tactic executes code in `TacticM Unit`. -/
+elab (name := runTac) "run_tac " e:doSeq : tactic => do
+  ← evalTacticM (← `(discard do $e))
+
+example : Σ α, Option α := by
+  constructor
+  -- Goals are `?fst : Type` and `?snd : Option ?fst`.
+  -- Correctly, `independent?` claims neither is independent.
+  -- (`?snd` because its type contains a metavariable, and `?fst` because `?snd`'s type depends on it)
+  run_tac do
+    let gs ← getGoals
+    for g in gs do
+      guard ! (← g.independent? gs)
+  exact some 0
+
+example : Σ α, Option α := by
+  constructor
+  -- Now we introduce a hypothesis in the second goal,
+  -- thereby introducing a delayed assignment.
+  rotate_left
+  have := 0
+  rotate_left
+  -- Due to the issue in https://github.com/leanprover/lean4/issues/2483
+  -- previously `independent?` incorrectly thought `?fst` was independent.
+  run_tac do
+    let gs ← getGoals
+    for g in gs do
+      guard ! (← g.independent? gs) <|> throwError m!"{← g.getType} was incorrectly considered independent!"
+  exact some 0