diff --git a/lib/IRGen/ESTreeIRGen-expr.cpp b/lib/IRGen/ESTreeIRGen-expr.cpp
index 7980cc50ba7..72a7f033765 100644
--- a/lib/IRGen/ESTreeIRGen-expr.cpp
+++ b/lib/IRGen/ESTreeIRGen-expr.cpp
@@ -551,6 +551,19 @@ Value *ESTreeIRGen::genCallExpr(ESTree::CallExpressionNode *call) {
     if (curFunction()->hasLegacyClassContext()) {
       return genLegacyDirectSuper(call);
     }
+    if (!curFunction()->superClassNode_) {
+      // This is a typed class, where super() is only supported as the first
+      // statement of the derived constructor itself; genClassDeclaration
+      // rejects a constructor which doesn't start with one. SemanticResolver
+      // has already verified that we are lexically inside a derived
+      // constructor, so the only way to get here is a super() nested in an
+      // arrow function, which has its own FunctionContext and therefore no
+      // superclass, 'this' or new.target of the constructor.
+      Mod->getContext().getSourceErrorManager().error(
+          call->getSourceRange(),
+          "super() is only supported as the first statement of a derived class constructor");
+      return Builder.getLiteralUndefined();
+    }
     if (curFunction()->calledSuperConstructor_) {
       // Found another super() call than the one that actually initializes the
       // base class.
@@ -562,9 +575,6 @@ Value *ESTreeIRGen::genCallExpr(ESTree::CallExpressionNode *call) {
     // Check for a super() call.
     // Call with the passed-in 'this'.
     thisVal = curFunction()->jsParams[0];
-    assert(
-        curFunction()->superClassNode_ &&
-        "SemanticResolver must check super() is in a class with a superclass");
     callee = genExpression(curFunction()->superClassNode_);
     newTarget = Builder.createGetNewTargetInst(
         curFunction()->function->getNewTargetParam());
diff --git a/test/IRGen/flow/super-in-arrow-error.js b/test/IRGen/flow/super-in-arrow-error.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee6d49ea981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/IRGen/flow/super-in-arrow-error.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+// RUN: (! %hermesc -typed -dump-ir %s 2>&1 ) | %FileCheck --match-full-lines %s
+
+// In a typed class, super() is only supported as the first statement of the
+// derived constructor. A super() nested in an arrow function must report an
+// error instead of crashing IRGen.
+
+class A {
+  x: number;
+  constructor() {
+    this.x = 1;
+  }
+}
+
+class B extends A {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    (() => {
+      super();
+    })();
+  }
+}
+// CHECK: {{.*}}super-in-arrow-error.js:25:7: error: super() is only supported as the first statement of a derived class constructor
+// CHECK-NEXT:      super();
+// CHECK-NEXT:      ^~~~~~~
+
+class C extends A {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    var f = async () => {
+      super();
+    };
+  }
+}
+// CHECK: {{.*}}super-in-arrow-error.js:37:7: error: super() is only supported as the first statement of a derived class constructor
+// CHECK-NEXT:      super();
+// CHECK-NEXT:      ^~~~~~~
+
+// CHECK: Emitted 2 errors. exiting.