diff --git a/mypy/checkpattern.py b/mypy/checkpattern.py
index 5ea617d3a684..43f42039b199 100644
--- a/mypy/checkpattern.py
+++ b/mypy/checkpattern.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     TypedDictType,
     TypeOfAny,
     TypeVarTupleType,
+    TypeVarType,
     UninhabitedType,
     UnionType,
     UnpackType,
@@ -343,13 +344,11 @@ def visit_sequence_pattern(self, o: SequencePattern) -> PatternType:
             new_inner_type = UninhabitedType()
             for typ in new_inner_types:
                 new_inner_type = join_types(new_inner_type, typ)
-            new_type = self.construct_sequence_child(current_type, new_inner_type)
-            if is_subtype(new_type, current_type):
-                new_type, _ = self.chk.conditional_types_with_intersection(
-                    current_type, [get_type_range(new_type)], o, default=current_type
-                )
+            if isinstance(current_type, TypeVarType):
+                new_bound = self.narrow_sequence_child(current_type.upper_bound, new_inner_type, o)
+                new_type = current_type.copy_modified(upper_bound=new_bound)
             else:
-                new_type = current_type
+                new_type = self.narrow_sequence_child(current_type, new_inner_type, o)
         return PatternType(new_type, rest_type, captures)
 
     def get_sequence_type(self, t: Type, context: Context) -> Type | None:
@@ -448,6 +447,16 @@ def expand_starred_pattern_types(
 
         return new_types
 
+    def narrow_sequence_child(self, outer_type: Type, inner_type: Type, ctx: Context) -> Type:
+        new_type = self.construct_sequence_child(outer_type, inner_type)
+        if is_subtype(new_type, outer_type):
+            new_type, _ = self.chk.conditional_types_with_intersection(
+                outer_type, [get_type_range(new_type)], ctx, default=outer_type
+            )
+        else:
+            new_type = outer_type
+        return new_type
+
     def visit_starred_pattern(self, o: StarredPattern) -> PatternType:
         captures: dict[Expression, Type] = {}
         if o.capture is not None:
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-python310.test b/test-data/unit/check-python310.test
index 8f121e578130..435fbde3e2ae 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/check-python310.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-python310.test
@@ -2382,3 +2382,30 @@ def test(xs: Tuple[Unpack[Ts]]) -> None:
             reveal_type(b3)  # N: Revealed type is "builtins.list[builtins.object]"
             reveal_type(c3)  # N: Revealed type is "builtins.int"
 [builtins fixtures/tuple.pyi]
+
+[case testMatchSequencePatternTypeVarBoundNoCrash]
+# This was crashing: https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/18089
+from typing import TypeVar, Sequence, Any
+
+T = TypeVar("T", bound=Sequence[Any])
+
+def f(x: T) -> None:
+    match x:
+        case [_]:
+            pass
+[builtins fixtures/tuple.pyi]
+
+[case testMatchSequencePatternTypeVarBoundNarrows]
+from typing import TypeVar, Sequence
+
+T = TypeVar("T", bound=Sequence[int | str])
+
+def accept_seq_int(x: Sequence[int]): ...
+
+def f(x: T) -> None:
+    match x:
+        case [1, 2]:
+            accept_seq_int(x)
+        case _:
+            accept_seq_int(x)  # E: Argument 1 to "accept_seq_int" has incompatible type "T"; expected "Sequence[int]"
+[builtins fixtures/tuple.pyi]