diff --git a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/Version.java b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/Version.java
index 7d429e9..713df62 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/Version.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/Version.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   // This field is accessed from release scripts using simple pattern matching.
   // Therefore, changing this field could break our release scripts.
-  public static final String LABEL = "1.6.64";
+  public static final String LABEL = "1.6.65";
 
   private Version() {
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/shaking/VerticalClassMerger.java b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/shaking/VerticalClassMerger.java
index c133ec2..b279af2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/shaking/VerticalClassMerger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/shaking/VerticalClassMerger.java
@@ -945,10 +945,10 @@
 
       for (DexEncodedMethod directMethod : source.directMethods()) {
         if (directMethod.isInstanceInitializer()) {
-          add(
-              directMethods,
-              renameConstructor(directMethod, availableMethodSignatures),
-              MethodSignatureEquivalence.get());
+          DexEncodedMethod resultingConstructor =
+              renameConstructor(directMethod, availableMethodSignatures);
+          add(directMethods, resultingConstructor, MethodSignatureEquivalence.get());
+          blockRedirectionOfSuperCalls(resultingConstructor.method);
         } else {
           DexEncodedMethod resultingDirectMethod =
               renameMethod(
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/shaking/VerticalClassMergerInvokeSpecialInConstructorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/shaking/VerticalClassMergerInvokeSpecialInConstructorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1d8993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/shaking/VerticalClassMergerInvokeSpecialInConstructorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2020, the R8 project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package com.android.tools.r8.shaking;
+
+import com.android.tools.r8.CompilationFailedException;
+import com.android.tools.r8.NeverClassInline;
+import com.android.tools.r8.TestBase;
+import com.android.tools.r8.TestParameters;
+import com.android.tools.r8.TestParametersCollection;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
+
+/** This is a reproduction of b/148313389, where we rewrite the super-call in B.<init>. */
+@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
+public class VerticalClassMergerInvokeSpecialInConstructorTest extends TestBase {
+
+  public static final String[] EXPECTED =
+      new String[] {"A.<init>", "B.<init>", "A.foo", "C.<init>", "B.foo"};
+
+  private final TestParameters parameters;
+
+  @Parameters(name = "{0}")
+  public static TestParametersCollection data() {
+    return getTestParameters().withAllRuntimesAndApiLevels().build();
+  }
+
+  public VerticalClassMergerInvokeSpecialInConstructorTest(TestParameters parameters) {
+    this.parameters = parameters;
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testRuntime() throws IOException, CompilationFailedException, ExecutionException {
+    testForRuntime(parameters)
+        .addInnerClasses(VerticalClassMergerInvokeSpecialInConstructorTest.class)
+        .run(parameters.getRuntime(), Main.class)
+        .assertSuccessWithOutputLines(EXPECTED);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testR8() throws IOException, CompilationFailedException, ExecutionException {
+    testForR8(parameters.getBackend())
+        .addInnerClasses(VerticalClassMergerInvokeSpecialInConstructorTest.class)
+        .addKeepMainRule(Main.class)
+        .addKeepClassRules(A.class)
+        .enableNeverClassInliningAnnotations()
+        .setMinApi(parameters.getApiLevel())
+        .run(parameters.getRuntime(), Main.class)
+        .assertSuccessWithOutputLines(EXPECTED);
+  }
+
+  public abstract static class A {
+
+    public A() {
+      System.out.println("A.<init>");
+    }
+
+    public void foo() {
+      System.out.println("A.foo");
+    }
+  }
+
+  @NeverClassInline
+  public static class B extends A {
+
+    public B() {
+      System.out.println("B.<init>");
+      super.foo(); // <-- In b/148313389, this was rewritten to invoke-direct B.foo.
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void foo() {
+      System.out.println("B.foo");
+    }
+  }
+
+  @NeverClassInline
+  public static class C extends B {
+
+    public C() {
+      System.out.println("C.<init>");
+      super.foo();
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static class Main {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+      new C();
+    }
+  }
+}