diff --git a/lib/Sema/TypeCheckConcurrency.cpp b/lib/Sema/TypeCheckConcurrency.cpp
index 3eb84659af356..04ede385f37e4 100644
--- a/lib/Sema/TypeCheckConcurrency.cpp
+++ b/lib/Sema/TypeCheckConcurrency.cpp
@@ -5285,6 +5285,16 @@ ConcreteDeclRef swift::getDeclRefInContext(ValueDecl *value) {
   return ConcreteDeclRef(value);
 }
 
+static bool isNSObjectInit(ValueDecl *overridden) {
+  auto *classDecl = dyn_cast_or_null<ClassDecl>(
+      overridden->getDeclContext()->getSelfNominalTypeDecl());
+  if (!classDecl || !classDecl->isNSObject()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return isa<ConstructorDecl>(overridden);
+}
+
 /// Generally speaking, the isolation of the decl that overrides
 /// must match the overridden decl. But there are a number of exceptions,
 /// e.g., the decl that overrides can be nonisolated.
@@ -5317,9 +5327,21 @@ static OverrideIsolationResult validOverrideIsolation(
     }
 
     // If the overridden declaration is from Objective-C with no actor
-    // annotation, allow it.
-    if (ctx.LangOpts.StrictConcurrencyLevel != StrictConcurrency::Complete &&
-        overridden->hasClangNode() && !overriddenIsolation) {
+    // annotation, don't allow overriding isolation in complete concurrency
+    // checking. Calls from outside the actor, via the nonisolated superclass
+    // method that is dynamically dispatched, will crash at runtime due to
+    // the dynamic isolation check in the @objc thunk.
+    //
+    // There's a narrow carve out for `NSObject.init()` because overriding
+    // this init of `@MainActor`-isolated type is difficult-to-impossible,
+    // especially if you need to call an initializer from an intermediate
+    // superclass that is also `@MainActor`-isolated. This won't admit a
+    // runtime data-race safety hole, because dynamic isolation checks will
+    // be inserted in the @objc thunks under `DynamicActorIsolation`, and
+    // direct calls will enforce `@MainActor` as usual.
+    if (isNSObjectInit(overridden) ||
+        (ctx.LangOpts.StrictConcurrencyLevel != StrictConcurrency::Complete &&
+         overridden->hasClangNode() && !overriddenIsolation)) {
       return OverrideIsolationResult::Allowed;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/ClangImporter/objc_isolation_complete.swift b/test/ClangImporter/objc_isolation_complete.swift
index eb3259ec58449..24a9b0f98f10d 100644
--- a/test/ClangImporter/objc_isolation_complete.swift
+++ b/test/ClangImporter/objc_isolation_complete.swift
@@ -32,15 +32,27 @@ class IsolatedSub: NXSender {
   }
 }
 
+class NotSendable {}
+
+@MainActor
+class NSObjectInitOverride: NSObject {
+  var ns: NotSendable
+
+  override init() {
+    self.ns = NotSendable()
+    super.init()
+  }
+}
+
+
 @objc
 @MainActor
 class Test : NSObject {
-  static var shared: Test? // expected-note {{mutation of this static property is only permitted within the actor}}
+  static var shared: Test?
 
   override init() {
     super.init()
 
     Self.shared = self
-    // expected-warning@-1 {{main actor-isolated static property 'shared' can not be mutated from a nonisolated context; this is an error in the Swift 6 language mode}}
   }
 }