diff --git a/.changeset/late-olives-pull.md b/.changeset/late-olives-pull.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2291238c53b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/late-olives-pull.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@graphql-codegen/visitor-plugin-common': patch
+'@graphql-codegen/typescript-resolvers': patch
+---
+
+Respect avoidOptionals when all arguments are optional
diff --git a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-resolvers-visitor.ts b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-resolvers-visitor.ts
index 123f9e6b3b6..ac43a2328a7 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-resolvers-visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-resolvers-visitor.ts
@@ -1401,6 +1401,11 @@ export class BaseResolversVisitor<
           )
         : null;
 
+      const avoidInputsOptionals =
+        typeof this.config.avoidOptionals === 'object'
+          ? this.config.avoidOptionals?.inputValue
+          : this.config.avoidOptionals === true;
+
       if (argsType !== null) {
         const argsToForceRequire = original.arguments.filter(
           arg => !!arg.defaultValue || arg.type.kind === 'NonNullType'
@@ -1408,7 +1413,7 @@ export class BaseResolversVisitor<
 
         if (argsToForceRequire.length > 0) {
           argsType = this.applyRequireFields(argsType, argsToForceRequire);
-        } else if (original.arguments.length > 0) {
+        } else if (original.arguments.length > 0 && avoidInputsOptionals !== true) {
           argsType = this.applyOptionalFields(argsType, original.arguments);
         }
       }
@@ -1428,7 +1433,7 @@ export class BaseResolversVisitor<
 
       const resolverType = isSubscriptionType ? 'SubscriptionResolver' : directiveMappings[0] ?? 'Resolver';
 
-      const avoidOptionals =
+      const avoidResolverOptionals =
         typeof this.config.avoidOptionals === 'object'
           ? this.config.avoidOptionals?.resolvers
           : this.config.avoidOptionals === true;
@@ -1439,7 +1444,7 @@ export class BaseResolversVisitor<
         genericTypes: string[];
       } = {
         name: node.name as any,
-        modifier: avoidOptionals ? '' : '?',
+        modifier: avoidResolverOptionals ? '' : '?',
         type: resolverType,
         genericTypes: [mappedTypeKey, parentTypeSignature, contextType, argsType].filter(f => f),
       };
diff --git a/packages/plugins/typescript/resolvers/tests/ts-resolvers.spec.ts b/packages/plugins/typescript/resolvers/tests/ts-resolvers.spec.ts
index ca86237229a..c557bad7b97 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/typescript/resolvers/tests/ts-resolvers.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/typescript/resolvers/tests/ts-resolvers.spec.ts
@@ -3002,4 +3002,41 @@ export type ResolverFn<TResult, TParent, TContext, TArgs> = (
       };
     `);
   });
+
+  it('#9438 - avoidOptionals should not wrap arguments with partial', async () => {
+    const testSchema = buildSchema(/* GraphQL */ `
+      type Query {
+        users(filter: UserFilterInput): [User!]!
+      }
+
+      input UserFilterInput {
+        status: String = "ACTIVE"
+      }
+
+      type User {
+        id: ID!
+      }
+    `);
+
+    const output = (await plugin(
+      testSchema,
+      [],
+      {
+        avoidOptionals: {
+          defaultValue: true,
+          field: true,
+          inputValue: true,
+          object: true,
+          resolvers: false,
+        },
+      } as any,
+      { outputFile: 'graphql.ts' }
+    )) as Types.ComplexPluginOutput;
+
+    expect(output.content).toBeSimilarStringTo(`
+      export type QueryResolvers<ContextType = any, ParentType extends ResolversParentTypes['Query'] = ResolversParentTypes['Query']> = {
+        users?: Resolver<Array<ResolversTypes['User']>, ParentType, ContextType, QueryUsersArgs>;
+      };
+    `);
+  });
 });