diff --git a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/ir/dataflow/internal/ExprNodes.qll b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/ir/dataflow/internal/ExprNodes.qll
index 927d2ea90288..bc433942506b 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/ir/dataflow/internal/ExprNodes.qll
+++ b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/ir/dataflow/internal/ExprNodes.qll
@@ -263,7 +263,9 @@ private module Cached {
     exists(CallInstruction call |
       call.getStaticCallTarget() instanceof Constructor and
       e = getConvertedResultExpression(call, n) and
-      call.getThisArgumentOperand() = node.getAddressOperand()
+      call.getThisArgumentOperand() = node.getAddressOperand() and
+      // Indirection index 0 is the `this` pointer, and 1 is the constructed object
+      node.getIndirectionIndex() = 1
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/asExpr/test.cpp b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/asExpr/test.cpp
index 8df12588fa59..56cbfa3a8151 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/asExpr/test.cpp
+++ b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/asExpr/test.cpp
@@ -55,3 +55,12 @@ void test_postfix_crement(int *p, int q) {
   int *p2 = (int*)(p++); // $ asExpr="... ++" asIndirectExpr="... ++" asExpr="p(... ++)" asIndirectExpr="p(*... ++)"
   int q2 = (int)(q++); // $ asExpr="... ++" asExpr="q(... ++)"
 }
+
+struct C {
+  C();
+};
+
+void test_constructor_calls() {
+  C c; // $ asExpr="call to C"
+  C *p = new C; // $ asExpr="call to C" asExpr=new asIndirectExpr=new
+}