diff --git a/pyupgrade/_plugins/legacy.py b/pyupgrade/_plugins/legacy.py
index 8de3fa75..f7ba3763 100644
--- a/pyupgrade/_plugins/legacy.py
+++ b/pyupgrade/_plugins/legacy.py
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ def visit_Call(self, node: ast.Call) -> None:
                 # argument of this function
                 isinstance(self._scopes[-1].node, NON_LAMBDA_FUNC_TYPES) and
                 node.func.attr == self._scopes[-1].node.name and
+                node.func.attr != '__new__' and
                 len(self._scopes[-1].node.args.args) >= 1 and
                 node.args[0].id == self._scopes[-1].node.args.args[0].arg and
                 # the function is an attribute of the contained class name
diff --git a/tests/features/super_test.py b/tests/features/super_test.py
index 124f87df..8e3be14f 100644
--- a/tests/features/super_test.py
+++ b/tests/features/super_test.py
@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@ def test_fix_super(s, expected):
             '   def find(self):\n'
             '        return C.make(self)\n',
         ),
+        pytest.param(
+            'class C(tuple):\n'
+            '    def __new__(cls, arg):\n'
+            '        return tuple.__new__(cls, (arg,))\n',
+            id='super() does not work properly for __new__',
+        ),
     ),
 )
 def test_old_style_class_super_noop(s):