diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/PatternMatchingInstanceof.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/PatternMatchingInstanceof.java
index 7cf58e7e22a..f58f3ea7bbb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/PatternMatchingInstanceof.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/PatternMatchingInstanceof.java
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ private Description checkForImmediateVariable(
       return NO_MATCH;
     }
     // TODO(ghm): Relax the requirement of this being an exact same symbol. Handle expressions?
-    if (!(state.getTypes().isSubtype(getType(instanceOfTree.getType()), getType(typeCast.getType()))
+    if (!(state
+            .getTypes()
+            .isSubtype(getType(instanceOfTree.getType()), getType(variableTree.getType()))
         && getSymbol(instanceOfTree.getExpression()) instanceof VarSymbol varSymbol
         && varSymbol.equals(getSymbol(typeCast.getExpression())))) {
       return NO_MATCH;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/PatternMatchingInstanceofTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/PatternMatchingInstanceofTest.java
index 255528e55e6..422d7e30f34 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/PatternMatchingInstanceofTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/PatternMatchingInstanceofTest.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.google.errorprone.bugpatterns;
 
-import static com.google.common.truth.TruthJUnit.assume;
-
 import com.google.errorprone.BugCheckerRefactoringTestHelper;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -216,7 +214,6 @@ void test(Object o) {
 
   @Test
   public void genericWithUpperBoundedWildcard() {
-    assume().that(Runtime.version().feature()).isAtLeast(21);
     helper
         .addInputLines(
             "Test.java",
@@ -227,13 +224,11 @@ class Test {
               void test(Object object) {
                 if (object instanceof List) {
                   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                  List<? extends CharSequence> list = (List) object;
-                  System.err.println(list.get(0));
+                  List<? extends CharSequence> xs = (List) object;
                 }
               }
             }
             """)
-        // TODO: b/380054832 - this shouldn't get re-written
         .addOutputLines(
             "Test.java",
             """
@@ -242,7 +237,8 @@ void test(Object object) {
             class Test {
               void test(Object object) {
                 if (object instanceof List list) {
-                  System.err.println(list.get(0));
+                  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                  List<? extends CharSequence> xs = list;
                 }
               }
             }