diff --git a/graphify/extract.py b/graphify/extract.py
index dea5bd0b3..652261ba6 100644
--- a/graphify/extract.py
+++ b/graphify/extract.py
@@ -16063,6 +16063,20 @@ _CPP_HEADER_MARKERS = (
 )
 
 
+def _is_objc_source(path: Path) -> bool:
+    """Whether a `.m` file is Objective-C rather than MATLAB/Octave (#1702).
+
+    `.m` is shared by Objective-C implementation files and MATLAB (also Octave).
+    The suffix map routes `.m` to extract_objc unconditionally, which force-parses
+    MATLAB through the Objective-C tree-sitter grammar and emits garbage nodes/edges
+    (worse than skipping). A genuine ObjC `.m` always carries an ObjC directive
+    (@implementation/@interface/@import/#import); MATLAB has none of them. Reuses
+    the same marker set as the `.h` sniff. `.mm` is unambiguously Objective-C++ and
+    is not sniffed.
+    """
+    return _is_objc_header(path)
+
+
 def _is_cpp_header(path: Path) -> bool:
     """Whether a `.h` file is C++ rather than plain C (#1547).
 
@@ -16106,6 +16120,13 @@ def _get_extractor(path: Path) -> Any | None:
         # grammar has no class_specifier). Reroute to extract_cpp (#1547).
         if _is_cpp_header(path):
             return extract_cpp
+    # `.m` is Objective-C OR MATLAB. extract_objc unconditionally would force-parse
+    # MATLAB through the ObjC grammar into garbage (#1702). Route to extract_objc
+    # only when the file actually looks like Objective-C; otherwise leave it without
+    # an extractor (surfaced by the no-AST-extractor warning, #1689) rather than
+    # mis-parsed. `.mm` is unambiguously Objective-C++ and stays on extract_objc.
+    if suffix == ".m" and not _is_objc_source(path):
+        return None
     # Extensionless files: resolve by shebang, mirroring detect.classify_file.
     # Without this, detect labels e.g. `#!/usr/bin/env bash` CLIs as code but
     # extraction returns no extractor and the file silently contributes nothing.
diff --git a/tests/test_extract.py b/tests/test_extract.py
index 7cae30776..04baf3926 100644
--- a/tests/test_extract.py
+++ b/tests/test_extract.py
@@ -1813,3 +1813,34 @@ def test_extract_progress_final_line_uses_consistent_denominator(tmp_path, capsy
     # final progress line reports the uncached count (100), not the total (105)
     assert "100/100 uncached files (100%)" in out
     assert "105/105 files" not in out, "final line must not switch to total_files (#1693)"
+
+
+def test_get_extractor_routes_matlab_m_away_from_objc(tmp_path):
+    # #1702: .m is shared by Objective-C and MATLAB. A real ObjC .m still routes to
+    # extract_objc, but a MATLAB .m must NOT be force-parsed by the ObjC grammar
+    # (which produces garbage) — it gets no extractor instead.
+    from graphify.extract import _get_extractor, extract_objc
+
+    objc = tmp_path / "Foo.m"
+    objc.write_text('#import "Foo.h"\n@implementation Foo\n- (void)bar {}\n@end\n')
+    matlab_fn = tmp_path / "solver.m"
+    matlab_fn.write_text("function y = solver(x)\n  y = x + 1;\nend\n")
+    matlab_cls = tmp_path / "Model.m"
+    matlab_cls.write_text("classdef Model\n  methods\n    function run(obj); end\n  end\nend\n")
+    mm = tmp_path / "x.mm"
+    mm.write_text("#import <F/F.h>\n@implementation X\n@end\n")
+
+    assert _get_extractor(objc) is extract_objc            # real ObjC .m -> objc
+    assert _get_extractor(matlab_fn) is None               # MATLAB function -> no garbage
+    assert _get_extractor(matlab_cls) is None              # MATLAB classdef -> no garbage
+    assert _get_extractor(mm) is extract_objc              # .mm is unambiguously ObjC++
+
+
+def test_matlab_m_not_extracted_as_garbage(tmp_path, capsys):
+    # End to end: a MATLAB .m produces no (garbage) nodes and is surfaced by the
+    # no-AST-extractor warning (#1702 + #1689), rather than mis-parsed as ObjC.
+    m = tmp_path / "controller.m"
+    m.write_text("function u = controller(x)\n  u = -x;\nend\n")
+    result = extract([m], cache_root=tmp_path)
+    assert result["nodes"] == []                           # no garbage ObjC nodes
+    assert "no AST extractor" in capsys.readouterr().err    # surfaced, not silent