diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
index cff9407e9328..059c4f83f64c 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
@@ -3696,8 +3696,12 @@ class Typer extends Namer
       val Select(qual, nme.apply) = tree; @unchecked
       val tycon = tree.tpe.widen.finalResultType.underlyingClassRef(refinementOK = false)
       val tpt = qual match
-        case Ident(name) => cpy.Ident(qual)(name.toTypeName)
-        case Select(pre, name) => cpy.Select(qual)(pre, name.toTypeName)
+        case Ident(name) =>
+          cpy.Ident(qual)(name.toTypeName)
+        case Select(pre, name) =>
+          cpy.Select(qual)(pre, name.toTypeName)
+        case qual: This if qual.symbol.is(ModuleClass) =>
+          cpy.Ident(qual)(qual.symbol.name.sourceModuleName.toTypeName)
       typed(
         untpd.Select(
           untpd.New(untpd.TypedSplice(tpt.withType(tycon))),
diff --git a/tests/pos/i11420.scala b/tests/pos/i11420.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..59960c262710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i11420.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class Foo {
+  class Bar(i: Int)
+
+  object Bar {
+    def zero = Bar(0)
+  }
+}
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