diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/Fixture/child_of_parent_with_private_promoted_property.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/Fixture/child_of_parent_with_private_promoted_property.php.inc
index a8f935aa6..cd135c182 100644
--- a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/Fixture/child_of_parent_with_private_promoted_property.php.inc
+++ b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/Fixture/child_of_parent_with_private_promoted_property.php.inc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ final class ChildOfParentWithPrivatePromotedProperty extends ParentControllerWit
         $this->logger->log('level', 'value');
     }
     #[\Symfony\Contracts\Service\Attribute\Required]
-    public function autowire(\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $logger): void
+    public function autowireChildOfParentWithPrivatePromotedProperty(\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $logger): void
     {
         $this->logger = $logger;
     }
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/Fixture/parent_constructor_multiple_services.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/Fixture/parent_constructor_multiple_services.php.inc
index de28db64a..bf34dff0e 100644
--- a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/Fixture/parent_constructor_multiple_services.php.inc
+++ b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/Fixture/parent_constructor_multiple_services.php.inc
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ final class ParentConstructorMultipleServices extends ParentControllerWithPrivat
         $this->logger->log('level', $this->translator->trans('value'));
     }
     #[\Symfony\Contracts\Service\Attribute\Required]
-    public function autowire(\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $logger, \Symfony\Contracts\Translation\TranslatorInterface $translator): void
+    public function autowireParentConstructorMultipleServices(\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $logger, \Symfony\Contracts\Translation\TranslatorInterface $translator): void
     {
         $this->logger = $logger;
         $this->translator = $translator;
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/Fixture/parent_with_autowire_method.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/Fixture/parent_with_autowire_method.php.inc
index b0736d5e9..94d0c19aa 100644
--- a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/Fixture/parent_with_autowire_method.php.inc
+++ b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/Fixture/parent_with_autowire_method.php.inc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ final class ParentWithAutowireMethod extends ParentControllerWithAutowireMethod
         $this->logger->log('level', 'value');
     }
     #[\Symfony\Contracts\Service\Attribute\Required]
-    public function autowireServices(\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $logger): void
+    public function autowireParentWithAutowireMethod(\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $logger): void
     {
         $this->logger = $logger;
     }
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/FixtureTypeGuarded/non_guarded_controller.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/FixtureTypeGuarded/non_guarded_controller.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d5388d33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/FixtureTypeGuarded/non_guarded_controller.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Rector\Symfony\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\Class_\ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector\FixtureTypeGuarded;
+
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\AbstractController;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
+
+class NonGuardedController extends AbstractController
+{
+    #[Route('/some-action', name: 'some_action')]
+    public function someAction(LoggerInterface $logger)
+    {
+        $logger->log('level', 'value');
+    }
+}
+
+?>
+-----
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Rector\Symfony\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\Class_\ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector\FixtureTypeGuarded;
+
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\AbstractController;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
+
+class NonGuardedController extends AbstractController
+{
+    public function __construct(private readonly \Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $logger)
+    {
+    }
+    #[Route('/some-action', name: 'some_action')]
+    public function someAction()
+    {
+        $this->logger->log('level', 'value');
+    }
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/FixtureTypeGuarded/skip_type_guarded_controller.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/FixtureTypeGuarded/skip_type_guarded_controller.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14d7946a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/FixtureTypeGuarded/skip_type_guarded_controller.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Rector\Symfony\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\Class_\ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector\FixtureTypeGuarded;
+
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+use Rector\Symfony\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\Class_\ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector\Source\AbstractCustomController;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
+
+class SkipTypeGuardedController extends AbstractCustomController
+{
+    #[Route('/some-action', name: 'some_action')]
+    public function someAction(LoggerInterface $logger)
+    {
+        $logger->log('level', 'value');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/Source/AbstractCustomController.php b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/Source/AbstractCustomController.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24349aaeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/Source/AbstractCustomController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Rector\Symfony\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\Class_\ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector\Source;
+
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\AbstractController;
+
+abstract class AbstractCustomController extends AbstractController
+{
+}
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/TypeGuardedTest.php b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/TypeGuardedTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3565721c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/TypeGuardedTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Rector\Symfony\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\Class_\ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector;
+
+use Iterator;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
+use Rector\Testing\PHPUnit\AbstractRectorTestCase;
+
+final class TypeGuardedTest extends AbstractRectorTestCase
+{
+    #[DataProvider('provideData')]
+    public function test(string $filePath): void
+    {
+        $this->doTestFile($filePath);
+    }
+
+    public static function provideData(): Iterator
+    {
+        return self::yieldFilesFromDirectory(__DIR__ . '/FixtureTypeGuarded');
+    }
+
+    public function provideConfigFilePath(): string
+    {
+        return __DIR__ . '/config/type_guarded_rule.php';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/config/type_guarded_rule.php b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/config/type_guarded_rule.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd4d9746a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector/config/type_guarded_rule.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
+use Rector\Symfony\CodeQuality\Rector\Class_\ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector;
+use Rector\Symfony\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\Class_\ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector\Source\AbstractCustomController;
+
+return RectorConfig::configure()
+    ->withRules([ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector::class])
+    ->withTypeGuardedClasses([AbstractCustomController::class]);
diff --git a/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector.php b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector.php
index d45796faf..f2f6e226e 100644
--- a/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector.php
+++ b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector.php
@@ -53,12 +53,7 @@ final class ControllerMethodInjectionToConstructorRector extends AbstractRector
      */
     private const array COMMON_ENTITY_CONTAINS_SUBNAMESPACES = ["\\Entity\\", "\\Document\\", "\\Model\\"];
 
-    private const string AUTOWIRE_METHOD_NAME = 'autowire';
-
-    /**
-     * Used when a parent class already defines autowire(), to avoid overriding it
-     */
-    private const string FALLBACK_AUTOWIRE_METHOD_NAME = 'autowireServices';
+    private const string AUTOWIRE_METHOD_NAME_PREFIX = 'autowire';
 
     public function __construct(
         private readonly ControllerAnalyzer $controllerAnalyzer,
@@ -75,7 +70,7 @@ public function __construct(
     public function getRuleDefinition(): RuleDefinition
     {
         return new RuleDefinition(
-            'Change Symfony controller method injection to direct constructor dependency, to separate params and services clearly. If a parent class has a constructor, use #[Required] autowire() method instead, to avoid repeating all parent params',
+            'Change Symfony controller method injection to direct constructor dependency, to separate params and services clearly. If a parent class has a constructor, use #[Required] autowire<ShortClassName>() method instead, to avoid repeating all parent params',
             [
                 new CodeSample(
                     <<<'CODE_SAMPLE'
@@ -145,7 +140,7 @@ public function someAction()
     }
 
     #[Required]
-    public function autowire(SomeService $someService): void
+    public function autowireSomeController(SomeService $someService): void
     {
         $this->someService = $someService;
     }
@@ -177,6 +172,11 @@ public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
             return null;
         }
 
+        // removing action params would break child classes of user-guarded classes
+        if ($this->parentClassMethodTypeOverrideGuard->isTypeGuardedClass($node)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         $propertyMetadatas = [];
 
         $constructParamVariables = [];
@@ -495,20 +495,14 @@ private function addRequiredAutowireClassMethod(Class_ $class, array $propertyMe
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Suffix with the short class name, to keep the method unique in case of inheritance
+     */
     private function resolveAutowireMethodName(Class_ $class): string
     {
-        $classReflection = $this->reflectionResolver->resolveClassReflection($class);
-        if (! $classReflection instanceof ClassReflection) {
-            return self::AUTOWIRE_METHOD_NAME;
-        }
-
-        foreach ($classReflection->getParents() as $parentClassReflection) {
-            if ($parentClassReflection->hasNativeMethod(self::AUTOWIRE_METHOD_NAME)) {
-                return self::FALLBACK_AUTOWIRE_METHOD_NAME;
-            }
-        }
+        $shortClassName = $class->name instanceof Identifier ? $class->name->toString() : '';
 
-        return self::AUTOWIRE_METHOD_NAME;
+        return self::AUTOWIRE_METHOD_NAME_PREFIX . ucfirst($shortClassName);
     }
 
     private function hasParentConstructor(Class_ $class): bool