diff --git a/src/java_lang_Class.cc b/src/java_lang_Class.cc
index 8d1a173..c2cca5b 100644
--- a/src/java_lang_Class.cc
+++ b/src/java_lang_Class.cc
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  Method* init = c->FindDirectMethod("<init>", "()V");
+  Method* init = c->FindDeclaredDirectMethod("<init>", "()V");
   if (init == NULL) {
     Thread::Current()->ThrowNewExceptionF("Ljava/lang/InstantiationException;",
         "Class %s has no default <init>()V constructor", PrettyDescriptor(ClassHelper(c).GetDescriptor()).c_str());