diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/EtaExpansion.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/EtaExpansion.scala
index 2c441c2f915e..8be346874700 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/EtaExpansion.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/EtaExpansion.scala
@@ -136,10 +136,18 @@ abstract class Lifter {
    *     val x0 = pre
    *     x0.f(...)
    *
-   *  unless `pre` is idempotent.
+   *  unless `pre` is idempotent reference, a `this` reference, a literal value, or a or the prefix of an `init` (`New` tree).
+   *
+   *  Note that default arguments will refer to the prefix, we do not want
+   *  to re-evaluate a complex expression each time we access a getter.
    */
   def liftPrefix(defs: mutable.ListBuffer[Tree], tree: Tree)(using Context): Tree =
-    if (isIdempotentExpr(tree)) tree else lift(defs, tree)
+    tree match
+      case tree: Literal => tree
+      case tree: This => tree
+      case tree: New => tree // prefix of <init> call
+      case tree: RefTree if isIdempotentExpr(tree) => tree
+      case _ => lift(defs, tree)
 }
 
 /** No lifting at all */
diff --git a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBytecodeTests.scala b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBytecodeTests.scala
index 94d42952a6eb..51390e35b527 100644
--- a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBytecodeTests.scala
+++ b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBytecodeTests.scala
@@ -1733,6 +1733,58 @@ class DottyBytecodeTests extends DottyBytecodeTest {
       assertSameCode(instructions, expected)
     }
   }
+
+  @Test def newInPrefixesOfDefaultParam = {
+    val source =
+      s"""class A:
+         |  def f(x: Int = 1): Int = x
+         |
+         |class Test:
+         | def meth1() = (new A).f()
+         | def meth2() = { val a = new A; a.f() }
+         """.stripMargin
+
+    checkBCode(source) { dir =>
+      val clsIn      = dir.lookupName("Test.class", directory = false).input
+      val clsNode    = loadClassNode(clsIn)
+      val meth1      = getMethod(clsNode, "meth1")
+      val meth2      = getMethod(clsNode, "meth2")
+
+      val instructions1 = instructionsFromMethod(meth1)
+      val instructions2 = instructionsFromMethod(meth2)
+
+      assert(instructions1 == instructions2,
+        "`assert` was not properly inlined in `meth1`\n" +
+        diffInstructions(instructions1, instructions2))
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test def newInDependentOfDefaultParam = {
+    val source =
+      s"""class A:
+         |  def i: Int = 1
+         |
+         |class Test:
+         |  def f(a: A)(x: Int = a.i): Int = x
+         |  def meth1() = f(new A)()
+         |  def meth2() = { val a = new A; f(a)() }
+         """.stripMargin
+
+    checkBCode(source) { dir =>
+      val clsIn      = dir.lookupName("Test.class", directory = false).input
+      val clsNode    = loadClassNode(clsIn)
+      val meth1      = getMethod(clsNode, "meth1")
+      val meth2      = getMethod(clsNode, "meth2")
+
+      val instructions1 = instructionsFromMethod(meth1)
+      val instructions2 = instructionsFromMethod(meth2)
+
+      assert(instructions1 == instructions2,
+        "`assert` was not properly inlined in `meth1`\n" +
+        diffInstructions(instructions1, instructions2))
+    }
+  }
+
 }
 
 object invocationReceiversTestCode {
diff --git a/tests/run/i15315.scala b/tests/run/i15315.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d9cab7b87b81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run/i15315.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class A:
+  def f(x: Int = 1): Int = x
+
+@main def Test() =
+  (new A{}).f()