diff --git a/mypy/checker.py b/mypy/checker.py
index b2c4f2263262..77616411735b 100644
--- a/mypy/checker.py
+++ b/mypy/checker.py
@@ -476,7 +476,12 @@ def check_first_pass(self) -> None:
                         if self.binder.is_unreachable():
                             if not self.should_report_unreachable_issues():
                                 break
-                            if not self.is_noop_for_reachability(d):
+                            if self.is_noop_for_reachability(d):
+                                if not isinstance(d, ExpressionStmt) or not isinstance(
+                                    d.expr, CallExpr
+                                ):
+                                    self.accept(d)
+                            else:
                                 self.msg.unreachable_statement(d)
                                 break
                         else:
@@ -2948,7 +2953,10 @@ def visit_block(self, b: Block) -> None:
             if self.binder.is_unreachable():
                 if not self.should_report_unreachable_issues():
                     break
-                if not self.is_noop_for_reachability(s):
+                if self.is_noop_for_reachability(s):
+                    if not isinstance(s, ExpressionStmt) or not isinstance(s.expr, CallExpr):
+                        self.accept(s)
+                else:
                     self.msg.unreachable_statement(s)
                     break
             else:
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-unreachable-code.test b/test-data/unit/check-unreachable-code.test
index e6818ab5c3c7..b5cfa9f77369 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/check-unreachable-code.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-unreachable-code.test
@@ -1505,6 +1505,14 @@ def f() -> Generator[None, None, None]:
     return None
     yield None
 
+[case testErrorInNoopForReachabilityStatement]
+# flags: --warn-unreachable
+def double(x: int) -> int:
+    if not isinstance(x, int):
+        raise BaseException["Expected an integer"]  # E: The type "Type[BaseException]" is not generic and not indexable
+    return x
+[builtins fixtures/tuple.pyi]
+
 [case testLambdaNoReturn]
 # flags: --warn-unreachable
 from typing import Callable, NoReturn