diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 991e99dfc..47e3a7240 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # 3.29.0 (2026-XX-XX)
 
+ * Fix the `default` filter fallback emitting an undefined variable warning when it uses the null-safe operator
  * Fix the `matches` operator silently treating PCRE execution errors as non-matches
  * Add the `HtmlExtension::htmlAttrValue()` method to resolve a single HTML attribute value the way the `html_attr` function renders it
  * Fix `html_attr` JSON encoding a `Stringable` value in a `data-*` attribute instead of using its string representation
diff --git a/src/Node/Expression/Filter/DefaultFilter.php b/src/Node/Expression/Filter/DefaultFilter.php
index fc64b88a9..cef374829 100644
--- a/src/Node/Expression/Filter/DefaultFilter.php
+++ b/src/Node/Expression/Filter/DefaultFilter.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class DefaultFilter extends FilterExpression
 
         if ('default' === $name && ($node instanceof ContextVariable || $node instanceof GetAttrExpression)) {
             $test = new DefinedTest(clone $node, new TwigTest('defined', null, ['always_allowed_in_sandbox' => true]), new EmptyNode(), $node->getTemplateLine());
-            $false = \count($arguments) ? $arguments->getNode('0') : new ConstantExpression('', $node->getTemplateLine());
+            $false = \count($arguments) ? clone $arguments->getNode('0') : new ConstantExpression('', $node->getTemplateLine());
 
             $node = new ConditionalTernary($test, $default, $false, $node->getTemplateLine());
         } else {
diff --git a/tests/ExpressionParserTest.php b/tests/ExpressionParserTest.php
index 5754bf330..649e2b84c 100644
--- a/tests/ExpressionParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/ExpressionParserTest.php
@@ -445,6 +445,27 @@ class ExpressionParserTest extends TestCase
                 ['foo' => (object) ['bar' => (object) ['baz' => null]]],
                 '',
             ],
+            // default filter fallback
+            [
+                '{{ foo?.bar|default(foo?.baz) }}',
+                ['foo' => null],
+                '',
+            ],
+            [
+                '{{ foo?.bar|default(foo?.baz.qux) }}',
+                ['foo' => null],
+                '',
+            ],
+            [
+                '{{ foo?.bar|default(foo?.baz) }}',
+                ['foo' => (object) ['bar' => null, 'baz' => 'qux']],
+                'qux',
+            ],
+            [
+                '{{ foo?.bar|default(foo?.baz) }}',
+                ['foo' => (object) ['bar' => 'corge', 'baz' => 'qux']],
+                'corge',
+            ],
         ];
     }