diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8554.bugfix b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8554.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bb60ae157
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8554.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fixed crash when a call to ``super()`` was placed after an operator (e.g. ``not``).
+
+Closes #8554
diff --git a/tests/functional/i/invalid/invalid_unary_operand_type.py b/tests/functional/i/invalid/invalid_unary_operand_type.py
index 5881f89ec9..3f8c824851 100644
--- a/tests/functional/i/invalid/invalid_unary_operand_type.py
+++ b/tests/functional/i/invalid/invalid_unary_operand_type.py
@@ -49,3 +49,10 @@ class A:
     invert_instance = ~A() # [invalid-unary-operand-type]
     invert_module = ~collections # [invalid-unary-operand-type]
     invert_float = ~2.0 # [invalid-unary-operand-type]
+
+
+class NoArgumentSuper:
+    def __init__(self):
+        """https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/8554"""
+        if not isinstance(super(), float):
+            pass