diff --git a/bench/unused_import_removing_bench.php b/bench/unused_import_removing_bench.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2cb5e010edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/unused_import_removing_bench.php
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * Benchmark for UnusedImportRemovingPostRector.
+ *
+ * To drop unused `use` imports, enterNode() resolves the set of names referenced in a file via
+ * two full-AST traversals (findNonUseImportNames() + findNamesInDocBlocks()), and it is not
+ * cached. enterNode() fires for both the FileNode root and the inner Namespace_. In a namespaced
+ * file the `use` statements live inside the Namespace_, so the FileNode-level call does the full
+ * double walk and then finds no `use` to act on - wasted work.
+ *
+ * This bench drives the real enterNode() on both root nodes a file actually hits. The fixture's
+ * imports are all used, so enterNode() reports no change and mutates nothing, making the calls
+ * repeatable.
+ *
+ * Run on both branches to compare:
+ *   php bench/unused_import_removing_bench.php
+ *
+ * Reports CPU time (user+sys) and wall time; CPU is the reliable metric, wall is noisy
+ * under concurrent load.
+ */
+
+use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Namespace_;
+use Rector\DependencyInjection\LazyContainerFactory;
+use Rector\PhpParser\Node\FileNode;
+use Rector\PostRector\Rector\UnusedImportRemovingPostRector;
+use Rector\Testing\TestingParser\TestingParser;
+use Rector\ValueObject\Application\File;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+const ENTERS = 400;   // enterNode() calls per root node per run
+const REPEAT = 40;    // outer repeats
+
+$rectorConfig = (new LazyContainerFactory())->create();
+$rectorConfig->boot();
+
+/** @var TestingParser $testingParser */
+$testingParser = $rectorConfig->make(TestingParser::class);
+
+$sourceFilePath = __DIR__ . '/Source/ManyNamesSource.php';
+
+/** @var UnusedImportRemovingPostRector $postRector */
+$postRector = $rectorConfig->make(UnusedImportRemovingPostRector::class);
+
+$cpuSeconds = static function (): float {
+    $usage = getrusage();
+    return $usage['ru_utime.tv_sec'] + $usage['ru_utime.tv_usec'] / 1_000_000
+        + $usage['ru_stime.tv_sec'] + $usage['ru_stime.tv_usec'] / 1_000_000;
+};
+
+$file = $testingParser->parseFilePathToFile($sourceFilePath);
+$fileNode = $file->getFileNode();
+assert($fileNode instanceof FileNode);
+
+// the root nodes enterNode() actually hits per file: the FileNode and the inner Namespace_
+$rootNodes = [$fileNode];
+foreach ($fileNode->stmts as $stmt) {
+    if ($stmt instanceof Namespace_) {
+        $rootNodes[] = $stmt;
+    }
+}
+
+$run = static function () use ($postRector, $rootNodes): void {
+    for ($enter = 0; $enter < ENTERS; ++$enter) {
+        foreach ($rootNodes as $rootNode) {
+            $postRector->enterNode($rootNode);
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+$measure = static function () use ($run, $cpuSeconds): array {
+    // warm up autoloading / parser once, excluded from timing
+    $run();
+
+    $cpuStart = $cpuSeconds();
+    $wallStart = hrtime(true);
+
+    for ($repeat = 0; $repeat < REPEAT; ++$repeat) {
+        $run();
+    }
+
+    return [
+        'cpu' => $cpuSeconds() - $cpuStart,
+        'wall' => (hrtime(true) - $wallStart) / 1_000_000_000,
+    ];
+};
+
+assert(class_exists(File::class));
+
+$result = $measure();
+
+printf('UnusedImportRemovingPostRector::enterNode benchmark%s', PHP_EOL);
+printf('  root nodes=%d enters=%d repeat=%d%s', count($rootNodes), ENTERS, REPEAT, PHP_EOL);
+printf('%s', PHP_EOL);
+printf('  enterNode  cpu=%.4fs  wall=%.4fs%s', $result['cpu'], $result['wall'], PHP_EOL);
diff --git a/src/PostRector/Rector/UnusedImportRemovingPostRector.php b/src/PostRector/Rector/UnusedImportRemovingPostRector.php
index 120c30b3520..f45fc2f640a 100644
--- a/src/PostRector/Rector/UnusedImportRemovingPostRector.php
+++ b/src/PostRector/Rector/UnusedImportRemovingPostRector.php
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ public function enterNode(Node $node): ?Node
             return null;
         }
 
+        // no use import at this level → nothing to remove, skip the full name resolution walks
+        if (! $this->hasUseStmt($node->stmts)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         $hasChanged = false;
         $namespaceOriginalCase = $node instanceof Namespace_ && $node->name instanceof Name
             ? $node->name->toString()
@@ -98,6 +103,14 @@ public function enterNode(Node $node): ?Node
         return $node;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param Node[] $stmts
+     */
+    private function hasUseStmt(array $stmts): bool
+    {
+        return array_any($stmts, fn(Node $stmt): bool => $stmt instanceof Use_);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return string[]
      */