diff --git a/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pylint/rules/unnecessary_dunder_call.rs b/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pylint/rules/unnecessary_dunder_call.rs
index ac1c797bcb824..6af9bfe4e5970 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pylint/rules/unnecessary_dunder_call.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/pylint/rules/unnecessary_dunder_call.rs
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ pub(crate) fn unnecessary_dunder_call(checker: &mut Checker, call: &ast::ExprCal
                 let value_slice = checker.locator().slice(value.as_ref());
                 let arg_slice = checker.locator().slice(arg);
 
-                if arg.is_attribute_expr() || arg.is_name_expr() || arg.is_literal_expr() {
+                if can_be_represented_without_parentheses(arg) {
                     // if it's something that can reasonably be removed from parentheses,
                     // we'll do that.
                     fixed = Some(format!("{value_slice} {replacement} {arg_slice}"));
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ pub(crate) fn unnecessary_dunder_call(checker: &mut Checker, call: &ast::ExprCal
         let wrap_in_paren = checker
             .semantic()
             .current_expression_parent()
-            .is_some_and(|parent| !parent.is_call_expr());
+            .is_some_and(|parent| !can_be_represented_without_parentheses(parent));
 
         if wrap_in_paren {
             fixed = format!("({fixed})");
@@ -384,3 +384,24 @@ fn in_dunder_method_definition(semantic: &SemanticModel) -> bool {
         func_def.name.starts_with("__") && func_def.name.ends_with("__")
     })
 }
+
+/// Returns `true` if the [`Expr`] can be represented without parentheses.
+fn can_be_represented_without_parentheses(expr: &Expr) -> bool {
+    expr.is_attribute_expr()
+        || expr.is_name_expr()
+        || expr.is_literal_expr()
+        || expr.is_call_expr()
+        || expr.is_lambda_expr()
+        || expr.is_if_exp_expr()
+        || expr.is_generator_exp_expr()
+        || expr.is_subscript_expr()
+        || expr.is_starred_expr()
+        || expr.is_slice_expr()
+        || expr.is_dict_expr()
+        || expr.is_dict_comp_expr()
+        || expr.is_list_expr()
+        || expr.is_list_comp_expr()
+        || expr.is_tuple_expr()
+        || expr.is_set_comp_expr()
+        || expr.is_set_expr()
+}