diff --git a/crates/ruff_linter/resources/test/fixtures/pylint/nested_min_max.py b/crates/ruff_linter/resources/test/fixtures/pylint/nested_min_max.py
index d35f1a50b6..830025bc83 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_linter/resources/test/fixtures/pylint/nested_min_max.py
+++ b/crates/ruff_linter/resources/test/fixtures/pylint/nested_min_max.py
@@ -55,3 +55,8 @@ max_word_len = max(
     *(len(word) for word in "blah blah blah".split(" ")),
     len("Done!"),
 )
+
+
+# Outer call has a single argument, inner call has multiple arguments; should not trigger.
+min(min([2, 3], [4, 1]))
+max(max([2, 4], [3, 1]))
diff --git a/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pylint/rules/nested_min_max.rs b/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pylint/rules/nested_min_max.rs
index 9383906df9..6756e9e0a0 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pylint/rules/nested_min_max.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pylint/rules/nested_min_max.rs
@@ -155,9 +155,11 @@ pub(crate) fn nested_min_max(
     let Some(min_max) = MinMax::try_from_call(func, keywords, checker.semantic()) else {
         return;
     };
-
-    if matches!(&args, [Expr::Call(ast::ExprCall { arguments: Arguments {args, .. }, .. })] if args.len() == 1)
-    {
+    // It's only safe to flatten nested calls if the outer call has more than one argument.
+    // When the outer call has a single argument, flattening would change the semantics by
+    // changing the shape of the call from treating the inner result as an iterable (or a scalar)
+    // to passing multiple arguments directly, which can lead to behavioral changes.
+    if args.len() < 2 {
         return;
     }