diff --git a/ktlint-ruleset-standard/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/ruleset/standard/rules/SpacingAroundOperatorsRule.kt b/ktlint-ruleset-standard/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/ruleset/standard/rules/SpacingAroundOperatorsRule.kt
index cb8959633c..a50826b942 100644
--- a/ktlint-ruleset-standard/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/ruleset/standard/rules/SpacingAroundOperatorsRule.kt
+++ b/ktlint-ruleset-standard/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/ruleset/standard/rules/SpacingAroundOperatorsRule.kt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.SinceKtlint
 import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.SinceKtlint.Status.STABLE
 import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.isPartOf
 import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.nextLeaf
+import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.parent
 import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.prevLeaf
 import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.upsertWhitespaceAfterMe
 import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.upsertWhitespaceBeforeMe
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.com.intellij.lang.ASTNode
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.com.intellij.psi.PsiWhiteSpace
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.com.intellij.psi.tree.TokenSet
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtImportDirective
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtOperationExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtPrefixExpression
 
 @SinceKtlint("0.1", STABLE)
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ public class SpacingAroundOperatorsRule : StandardRule("op-spacing") {
         }
     }
 
-    private fun ASTNode.isUnaryOperator() = isPartOf(KtPrefixExpression::class)
+    private fun ASTNode.isUnaryOperator() = parent { it.psi is KtOperationExpression }?.psi is KtPrefixExpression
 
     private fun ASTNode.isSpreadOperator() =
         // fn(*array)
diff --git a/ktlint-ruleset-standard/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/ruleset/standard/rules/SpacingAroundOperatorsRuleTest.kt b/ktlint-ruleset-standard/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/ruleset/standard/rules/SpacingAroundOperatorsRuleTest.kt
index 86da5807bc..96b5560e70 100644
--- a/ktlint-ruleset-standard/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/ruleset/standard/rules/SpacingAroundOperatorsRuleTest.kt
+++ b/ktlint-ruleset-standard/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/ruleset/standard/rules/SpacingAroundOperatorsRuleTest.kt
@@ -314,4 +314,28 @@ class SpacingAroundOperatorsRuleTest {
                 LintViolation(4, 41, "Missing spacing after \"andThen\""),
             ).isFormattedAs(formattedCode)
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Given a binary operator inside a unary expression`() {
+        val code =
+            """
+            val foo1 = !(null?:true)
+            val foo2 = !(null?: true)
+            val foo3 = !(null ?:true)
+            val foo4 = !(null ?: true)
+            """.trimIndent()
+        val formattedCode =
+            """
+            val foo1 = !(null ?: true)
+            val foo2 = !(null ?: true)
+            val foo3 = !(null ?: true)
+            val foo4 = !(null ?: true)
+            """.trimIndent()
+        spacingAroundOperatorsRuleAssertThat(code)
+            .hasLintViolations(
+                LintViolation(1, 18, "Missing spacing around \"?:\""),
+                LintViolation(2, 18, "Missing spacing before \"?:\""),
+                LintViolation(3, 21, "Missing spacing after \"?:\""),
+            ).isFormattedAs(formattedCode)
+    }
 }