diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Applications.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Applications.scala
index 53e08fcb707d..bb1606ca8dc6 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Applications.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Applications.scala
@@ -893,11 +893,14 @@ trait Applications extends Compatibility {
 
     def realApply(using Context): Tree = {
       val resultProto = tree.fun match
-        case Select(New(_), _) if pt.isInstanceOf[ValueType] => pt
-          // Don't ignore expected value types of `new` expressions. If we have a `new C()`
-          // with expected type `C[T]` we want to use the type to instantiate `C`
-          // immediately. This is necessary since `C` might _also_ have using clauses
-          // that we want to instantiate with the best available type. See i15664.scala.
+        case Select(New(tpt), _) if pt.isInstanceOf[ValueType] =>
+          if tpt.isType && typedAheadType(tpt).tpe.typeSymbol.typeParams.isEmpty then
+            IgnoredProto(pt)
+          else
+            pt // Don't ignore expected value types of `new` expressions with parameterized type.
+                // If we have a `new C()` with expected type `C[T]` we want to use the type to
+                // instantiate `C` immediately. This is necessary since `C` might _also_ have using
+                // clauses that we want to instantiate with the best available type. See i15664.scala.
         case _ => IgnoredProto(pt)
           // Do ignore other expected result types, since there might be an implicit conversion
           // on the result. We could drop this if we disallow unrestricted implicit conversions.
diff --git a/tests/pos/i15802.scala b/tests/pos/i15802.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac67f420508c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i15802.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+sealed trait ZIO[-R, +E, +A]
+object ZIO{
+  def fail[E](error: E): ZIO[Any, E, Nothing] = ???
+}
+
+trait Endpoint[INPUT, ERROR_OUTPUT, OUTPUT]{
+  sealed trait ZServerEndpoint[R]
+  def zServerLogic[R](logic: INPUT => ZIO[R, ERROR_OUTPUT, OUTPUT]): ZServerEndpoint[R] = ???
+}
+
+@main def Test() =
+  val x: Endpoint[_, Unit, Unit] = ???
+  x.zServerLogic[Any](_ => ZIO.fail(new RuntimeException("boom")))
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