diff --git a/ext/xmlreader/php_xmlreader.c b/ext/xmlreader/php_xmlreader.c
index 4674868370b..48c9de2996d 100644
--- a/ext/xmlreader/php_xmlreader.c
+++ b/ext/xmlreader/php_xmlreader.c
@@ -162,12 +162,17 @@ zval *xmlreader_write_property(zend_object *object, zend_string *name, zval *val
 /* {{{ */
 static zend_function *xmlreader_get_method(zend_object **obj, zend_string *name, const zval *key)
 {
-	if (zend_string_equals_literal_ci(name, "open")) {
-		return (zend_function*)&xmlreader_open_fn;
-	} else if (zend_string_equals_literal_ci(name, "xml")) {
-		return (zend_function*)&xmlreader_xml_fn;
+	zend_function *method = zend_std_get_method(obj, name, key);
+	if (method && (method->common.fn_flags & ZEND_ACC_STATIC) && method->common.type == ZEND_INTERNAL_FUNCTION) {
+		/* There are only two static internal methods and they both have overrides. */
+		if (ZSTR_LEN(name) == sizeof("xml") - 1) {
+			return (zend_function *) &xmlreader_xml_fn;
+		} else {
+			ZEND_ASSERT(ZSTR_LEN(name) == sizeof("open") - 1);
+			return (zend_function *) &xmlreader_open_fn;
+		}
 	}
-	return zend_std_get_method(obj, name, key);
+	return method;
 }
 /* }}} */
 
diff --git a/ext/xmlreader/tests/gh14183.phpt b/ext/xmlreader/tests/gh14183.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f3f81bd662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/xmlreader/tests/gh14183.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-14183 (XMLReader::open() can't be overridden)
+--EXTENSIONS--
+xmlreader
+--FILE--
+<?php
+class MyXMLReader extends XMLReader
+{
+    public static function open(string $uri, string $encoding = null, int $flags = 0): bool|\XMLReader
+    {
+        echo 'overridden', PHP_EOL;
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+
+var_dump(MyXMLReader::open('asdf'));
+$o = new MyXMLReader;
+var_dump($o->open('asdf'));
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+overridden
+bool(true)
+overridden
+bool(true)