diff --git a/docs/changes/1.x/1.4.0.md b/docs/changes/1.x/1.4.0.md
index 8db845337d..51b2fa8bc1 100644
--- a/docs/changes/1.x/1.4.0.md
+++ b/docs/changes/1.x/1.4.0.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 - Writer ODText: Support for images inside a textRun by [@Progi1984](https://github.com/Progi1984) fixing [#2240](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/issues/2240) in [#2668](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/pull/2668)
 - Allow vAlign and vMerge on Style\Cell to be set to null by [@SpraxDev](https://github.com/SpraxDev) fixing [#2673](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/issues/2673) in [#2676](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/pull/2676)
+- Fixed that passed style objects to the constructor of elements were ignored like `\PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Cell` for `\PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Cell` by [@hazington](https://github.com/hazington)
 
 ### Miscellaneous
 
diff --git a/phpstan-baseline.neon b/phpstan-baseline.neon
index 909718b83b..b89529645b 100644
--- a/phpstan-baseline.neon
+++ b/phpstan-baseline.neon
@@ -10,16 +10,6 @@ parameters:
 			count: 1
 			path: src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractContainer.php
 
-		-
-			message: "#^Parameter \\#1 \\$string of function md5 expects string, int\\<0, max\\> given\\.$#"
-			count: 1
-			path: src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractElement.php
-
-		-
-			message: "#^Parameter \\#2 \\$styleValue of method PhpOffice\\\\PhpWord\\\\Element\\\\AbstractElement\\:\\:setNewStyle\\(\\) expects array\\|PhpOffice\\\\PhpWord\\\\Style\\|string\\|null, array\\|PhpOffice\\\\PhpWord\\\\Style\\\\Cell\\|null given\\.$#"
-			count: 1
-			path: src/PhpWord/Element/Cell.php
-
 		-
 			message: "#^Method PhpOffice\\\\PhpWord\\\\Element\\\\Field\\:\\:setOptions\\(\\) should return PhpOffice\\\\PhpWord\\\\Element\\\\Field but returns array\\.$#"
 			count: 1
@@ -40,11 +30,6 @@ parameters:
 			count: 1
 			path: src/PhpWord/Element/Field.php
 
-		-
-			message: "#^Parameter \\#2 \\$styleValue of method PhpOffice\\\\PhpWord\\\\Element\\\\AbstractElement\\:\\:setNewStyle\\(\\) expects array\\|PhpOffice\\\\PhpWord\\\\Style\\|string\\|null, array\\|PhpOffice\\\\PhpWord\\\\Style\\\\Paragraph\\|string\\|null given\\.$#"
-			count: 1
-			path: src/PhpWord/Element/Footnote.php
-
 		-
 			message: "#^Method PhpOffice\\\\PhpWord\\\\Element\\\\Image\\:\\:getArchiveImageSize\\(\\) should return array\\|null but returns array<int\\|string, int\\|string>\\|false\\|null\\.$#"
 			count: 1
@@ -85,11 +70,6 @@ parameters:
 			count: 1
 			path: src/PhpWord/Element/Section.php
 
-		-
-			message: "#^Parameter \\#2 \\$styleValue of method PhpOffice\\\\PhpWord\\\\Element\\\\AbstractElement\\:\\:setNewStyle\\(\\) expects array\\|PhpOffice\\\\PhpWord\\\\Style\\|string\\|null, array\\|PhpOffice\\\\PhpWord\\\\Style\\|PhpOffice\\\\PhpWord\\\\Style\\\\Section\\|string given\\.$#"
-			count: 1
-			path: src/PhpWord/Element/Section.php
-
 		-
 			message: "#^Parameter \\#3 \\$length of function substr expects int\\|null, int\\|false given\\.$#"
 			count: 1
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractElement.php b/src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractElement.php
index 385e4d3140..92d08d8b00 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractElement.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Element/AbstractElement.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Media;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style;
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\AbstractStyle;
 
 /**
  * Element abstract class.
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ public function getElementId()
      */
     public function setElementId(): void
     {
-        $this->elementId = substr(md5(mt_rand()), 0, 6);
+        $this->elementId = substr(md5((string) mt_rand()), 0, 6);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -482,21 +483,24 @@ public function isInSection()
      * Set new style value.
      *
      * @param mixed $styleObject Style object
-     * @param null|array|string|Style $styleValue Style value
+     * @param null|AbstractStyle|array|string|Style $styleValue Style value
      * @param bool $returnObject Always return object
      *
      * @return mixed
      */
-    protected function setNewStyle($styleObject, $styleValue = null, $returnObject = false)
+    protected function setNewStyle($styleObject, $styleValue = null, bool $returnObject = false)
     {
-        if (null !== $styleValue && is_array($styleValue)) {
+        if ($styleValue instanceof AbstractStyle && get_class($styleValue) === get_class($styleObject)) {
+            return $styleValue;
+        }
+
+        if (is_array($styleValue)) {
             $styleObject->setStyleByArray($styleValue);
-            $style = $styleObject;
-        } else {
-            $style = $returnObject ? $styleObject : $styleValue;
+
+            return $styleObject;
         }
 
-        return $style;
+        return $returnObject === true ? $styleObject : $styleValue;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/PhpWordTests/Element/CellTest.php b/tests/PhpWordTests/Element/CellTest.php
index 700e16d58e..93eba9df93 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWordTests/Element/CellTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWordTests/Element/CellTest.php
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ public function testConstructWithStyleArray(): void
         self::assertNull($oCell->getWidth());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test if the style object passed to the constructor is actually used.
+     */
+    public function testConstructWithStyleObject(): void
+    {
+        $style = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Cell();
+        $oCell = new Cell(null, $style);
+
+        self::assertSame($style, $oCell->getStyle());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Add text.
      */