diff --git a/bench/unused_import_resolve_bench.php b/bench/unused_import_resolve_bench.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da68e830e5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/unused_import_resolve_bench.php
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * Benchmark for the UnusedImportRemovingPostRector name-resolution walk (first-pass cost).
+ *
+ * To find unused `use` imports, enterNode() resolves every referenced name by walking the file
+ * stmts. The result is version-cached, so this bench bumps the stmts version before every call,
+ * forcing the walk to run each time (no cache hits) - it isolates the raw first-pass cost, which
+ * is where merging the former two walks (PHP names + docblock names) into one shows up.
+ *
+ * Run on both branches to compare:
+ *   php bench/unused_import_resolve_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 RESOLVES = 400;   // forced walks per run (version bumped each time)
+const REPEAT = 40;      // outer repeats
+
+$rectorConfig = (new LazyContainerFactory())->create();
+$rectorConfig->boot();
+
+/** @var TestingParser $testingParser */
+$testingParser = $rectorConfig->make(TestingParser::class);
+
+/** @var UnusedImportRemovingPostRector $postRector */
+$postRector = $rectorConfig->make(UnusedImportRemovingPostRector::class);
+
+$sourceFilePath = __DIR__ . '/Source/ManyNamesSource.php';
+
+$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);
+$postRector->setFile($file);
+
+$fileNode = $file->getFileNode();
+assert($fileNode instanceof FileNode);
+
+// the namespaced root that actually carries the use statements
+$rootNode = $fileNode;
+foreach ($fileNode->stmts as $stmt) {
+    if ($stmt instanceof Namespace_) {
+        $rootNode = $stmt;
+    }
+}
+
+$run = static function () use ($postRector, $rootNode, $file): void {
+    for ($i = 0; $i < RESOLVES; ++$i) {
+        // bump version so the next enterNode misses the cache and does the full walk
+        $file->changeNewStmts($file->getNewStmts());
+        $postRector->enterNode($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 resolve-walk benchmark%s', PHP_EOL);
+printf('  resolves=%d repeat=%d%s', RESOLVES, REPEAT, PHP_EOL);
+printf('%s', PHP_EOL);
+printf('  forced walk  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 d3ef58d3c3d..e8ae700c416 100644
--- a/src/PostRector/Rector/UnusedImportRemovingPostRector.php
+++ b/src/PostRector/Rector/UnusedImportRemovingPostRector.php
@@ -120,15 +120,22 @@ private function hasUseStmt(array $stmts): bool
     }
 
     /**
+     * Single walk that collects both the referenced PHP names and the docblock class names,
+     * so the file stmts are traversed once instead of twice.
+     *
      * @return string[]
      */
-    private function findNonUseImportNames(Namespace_|FileNode $fileNode): array
+    private function findUsedNames(Namespace_|FileNode $rootNode): array
     {
-        $names = [];
+        // the root node's own docblock (the former doc walk traversed the root node, not just its stmts)
+        $names = $this->resolveDocBlockNames($rootNode);
 
-        $this->simpleCallableNodeTraverser->traverseNodesWithCallable($fileNode->stmts, static function (Node $node) use (
+        $this->simpleCallableNodeTraverser->traverseNodesWithCallable($rootNode->stmts, function (Node $node) use (
             &$names
-        ): int|null|Name {
+        ): int|null {
+            // collect the node's docblock first, so a Use_ node's own doc is still read before we stop descending
+            $names = [...$names, ...$this->resolveDocBlockNames($node)];
+
             if ($node instanceof Use_) {
                 return NodeVisitor::DONT_TRAVERSE_CURRENT_AND_CHILDREN;
             }
@@ -143,12 +150,12 @@ private function findNonUseImportNames(Namespace_|FileNode $fileNode): array
                 if ($originalName instanceof Name) {
                     // collect original Name as cover namespaced used
                     $names[] = $originalName->toString();
-                    return $node;
+                    return null;
                 }
             }
 
             $names[] = $node->toString();
-            return $node;
+            return null;
         });
 
         return $names;
@@ -157,46 +164,41 @@ private function findNonUseImportNames(Namespace_|FileNode $fileNode): array
     /**
      * @return string[]
      */
-    private function findNamesInDocBlocks(Namespace_|FileNode $rootNode): array
+    private function resolveDocBlockNames(Node $node): array
     {
-        $names = [];
+        $comments = $node->getComments();
+        if ($comments === []) {
+            return [];
+        }
 
-        $this->simpleCallableNodeTraverser->traverseNodesWithCallable($rootNode, function (Node $node) use (
-            &$names
-        ) {
-            $comments = $node->getComments();
-            if ($comments === []) {
-                return null;
-            }
+        $docs = array_filter($comments, static fn (Comment $comment): bool => $comment instanceof Doc);
+        if ($docs === []) {
+            return [];
+        }
 
-            $docs = array_filter($comments, static fn (Comment $comment): bool => $comment instanceof Doc);
-            if ($docs === []) {
-                return null;
+        $names = [];
+        $totalDocs = count($docs);
+        foreach ($docs as $doc) {
+            $nodeToCheck = $totalDocs === 1 ? $node : clone $node;
+            if ($totalDocs > 1) {
+                $nodeToCheck->setDocComment($doc);
             }
 
-            $totalDocs = count($docs);
-            foreach ($docs as $doc) {
-                $nodeToCheck = $totalDocs === 1 ? $node : clone $node;
-                if ($totalDocs > 1) {
-                    $nodeToCheck->setDocComment($doc);
-                }
-
-                $phpDocInfo = $this->phpDocInfoFactory->createFromNodeOrEmpty($nodeToCheck);
-                $names = [...$names, ...$phpDocInfo->getAnnotationClassNames()];
+            $phpDocInfo = $this->phpDocInfoFactory->createFromNodeOrEmpty($nodeToCheck);
+            $names = [...$names, ...$phpDocInfo->getAnnotationClassNames()];
 
-                $constFetchNodeNames = $phpDocInfo->getConstFetchNodeClassNames();
-                $names = [...$names, ...$constFetchNodeNames];
+            $constFetchNodeNames = $phpDocInfo->getConstFetchNodeClassNames();
+            $names = [...$names, ...$constFetchNodeNames];
 
-                $genericTagClassNames = $phpDocInfo->getGenericTagClassNames();
-                $names = [...$names, ...$genericTagClassNames];
+            $genericTagClassNames = $phpDocInfo->getGenericTagClassNames();
+            $names = [...$names, ...$genericTagClassNames];
 
-                $inlineGenericUsesTagClassNames = $phpDocInfo->getInlineGenericUsesTagClassNames();
-                $names = [...$names, ...$inlineGenericUsesTagClassNames];
+            $inlineGenericUsesTagClassNames = $phpDocInfo->getInlineGenericUsesTagClassNames();
+            $names = [...$names, ...$inlineGenericUsesTagClassNames];
 
-                $arrayItemTagClassNames = $phpDocInfo->getArrayItemNodeClassNames();
-                $names = [...$names, ...$arrayItemTagClassNames];
-            }
-        });
+            $arrayItemTagClassNames = $phpDocInfo->getArrayItemNodeClassNames();
+            $names = [...$names, ...$arrayItemTagClassNames];
+        }
 
         return $names;
     }
@@ -222,10 +224,7 @@ private function resolveUsedPhpAndDocNames(Namespace_|FileNode $rootNode): array
             return $cached['names'];
         }
 
-        $phpNames = $this->findNonUseImportNames($rootNode);
-        $docBlockNames = $this->findNamesInDocBlocks($rootNode);
-
-        $names = array_unique([...$phpNames, ...$docBlockNames]);
+        $names = array_unique($this->findUsedNames($rootNode));
         $this->usedNamesCache[$objectId] = [
             'version' => $version,
             'names' => $names,