diff --git a/src/vm.c b/src/vm.c
index 1b92746cda70effa3cdb755062e5734f0e1ba0f4..0848114999671bd920855ba45ce3e1b8180c59b0 100644
--- a/src/vm.c
+++ b/src/vm.c
@@ -1606,6 +1606,12 @@ RETRY_TRY_BLOCK:
         }
       }
       recv = regs[0];
+      if (!mrb_obj_is_kind_of(mrb, recv, target_class)) {
+        mrb_value exc = mrb_exc_new_str_lit(mrb, E_TYPE_ERROR,
+                                            "self has wrong type to call super in this context");
+        mrb_exc_set(mrb, exc);
+        goto L_RAISE;
+      }
       blk = regs[bidx];
       if (!mrb_nil_p(blk) && mrb_type(blk) != MRB_TT_PROC) {
         blk = mrb_convert_type(mrb, blk, MRB_TT_PROC, "Proc", "to_proc");