diff --git a/src/context/abstractCast.ml b/src/context/abstractCast.ml
index f9fe11507c8..51a3df0f39b 100644
--- a/src/context/abstractCast.ml
+++ b/src/context/abstractCast.ml
@@ -96,7 +96,13 @@ and do_check_cast ctx uctx tleft eright p =
 					let monos = Monomorph.spawn_constrained_monos map cf.cf_params in
 					unify_raise_custom native_unification_context eright.etype (map (apply_params cf.cf_params monos cf.cf_type)) p;
 					if has_mono tright then raise_typing_error ("Cannot use this function as a functional interface because it has unknown types: " ^ (s_type (print_context()) tright)) p;
-					eright
+					(* Wrap the function expression in a TCast to the SAM type so
+					   the SAM TInst lives in the typed AST. Without this the
+					   genjvm AST scan can't see SAM conversions in argument
+					   position (TNew has no callee subexpression; the
+					   constructor's parameter types are unreachable), and the
+					   emitted closure would not implement the SAM interface. *)
+					mk_cast eright tleft p
 				| _ ->
 					raise Not_found
 			end
diff --git a/tests/misc/jvm/projects/StructuralSam/Main.hx b/tests/misc/jvm/projects/StructuralSam/Main.hx
index dd855e8312c..47ec0efbaf9 100644
--- a/tests/misc/jvm/projects/StructuralSam/Main.hx
+++ b/tests/misc/jvm/projects/StructuralSam/Main.hx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import test.Listeners.Listeners_AbstractEqualsPlusOne;
 import test.Listeners.Listeners_WithDefaults;
 import test.Listeners.Listeners_StringMaker;
 import test.Listeners.Listeners_Unused;
+import test.Listeners.Listeners_CtorSam;
 
 function main() {
 	// Plain SAM — javac would accept the lambda directly.
@@ -35,4 +36,28 @@ function main() {
 	Listeners.runOnClick(cb, 99);
 	trace(Std.isOfType(cb, Listeners_OnClick));
 	trace(Std.isOfType(cb, Listeners_Unused));
+
+	// Constructor-position SAM conversion with a bound instance-method
+	// reference — the exact shape that crashed RideAssist's
+	// `new TextToSpeech(this, onTtsInit)`. CtorOnly is never named anywhere
+	// in user code (no typed local, no field, no import, no explicit cast).
+	// The AST scan in genjvm.collect_used_functional_interfaces cannot
+	// discover this conversion: a TNew has no callee subexpression, so the
+	// constructor's parameter types (where CtorOnly's TInst lives) are never
+	// visited — and the scan deliberately skips extern classes. Only
+	// AbstractCast's writeback to functional_interfaces_used carries this
+	// information from typing to codegen. If that writeback regresses, the
+	// emitted closure won't implement CtorOnly and this `new` call will
+	// ClassCastException at runtime.
+	new Holder().run();
+}
+
+class Holder {
+	public function new() {}
+	public function run() {
+		new Listeners_CtorSam(onCtor, 42);
+	}
+	function onCtor(n:Int):Void {
+		Sys.println("ctor=" + n);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/misc/jvm/projects/StructuralSam/Setup.hx b/tests/misc/jvm/projects/StructuralSam/Setup.hx
index 67bda0192cb..290d405def0 100644
--- a/tests/misc/jvm/projects/StructuralSam/Setup.hx
+++ b/tests/misc/jvm/projects/StructuralSam/Setup.hx
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@ function main() {
 		"test/Listeners$NotSam.class",
 		"test/Listeners$StringMaker.class",
 		"test/Listeners$Unused.class",
-		"test/Listeners$UnaryStringFn.class"]);
+		"test/Listeners$UnaryStringFn.class",
+		"test/Listeners$ArgOnly.class",
+		"test/Listeners$CtorOnly.class",
+		"test/Listeners$CtorSam.class"]);
 }
diff --git a/tests/misc/jvm/projects/StructuralSam/compile.hxml.stdout b/tests/misc/jvm/projects/StructuralSam/compile.hxml.stdout
index 09bc5568e2a..b31346241c0 100644
--- a/tests/misc/jvm/projects/StructuralSam/compile.hxml.stdout
+++ b/tests/misc/jvm/projects/StructuralSam/compile.hxml.stdout
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 click=7
-Main.hx:11: ok
-Main.hx:14: v=3
-Main.hx:17: 25
-Main.hx:20: 11
-Main.hx:23: made-2
+Main.hx:12: ok
+Main.hx:15: v=3
+Main.hx:18: 25
+Main.hx:21: 11
+Main.hx:24: made-2
 ovl-click=1
-Main.hx:27: click
-Main.hx:28: hi!
+Main.hx:28: click
+Main.hx:29: hi!
 bound-click=99
-Main.hx:36: true
-Main.hx:37: false
+Main.hx:37: true
+Main.hx:38: false
+ctor=42
diff --git a/tests/misc/jvm/projects/StructuralSam/project/test/Listeners.java b/tests/misc/jvm/projects/StructuralSam/project/test/Listeners.java
index 21c640d1933..cbdcb48f393 100644
--- a/tests/misc/jvm/projects/StructuralSam/project/test/Listeners.java
+++ b/tests/misc/jvm/projects/StructuralSam/project/test/Listeners.java
@@ -52,6 +52,40 @@ public interface Unused {
         void onUnused(int id);
     }
 
+    // SAM exercised ONLY in argument position from Haxe — no typed local, no
+    // field signature, no explicit cast. The genjvm AST scan can't see this
+    // case: AbstractCast's SAM branch leaves the closure expression with its
+    // original TFun type (no TCast wrapper), so the only place ArgOnly's
+    // TInst exists is the extern callee's parameter signature, which the
+    // scan deliberately skips. Without AbstractCast's writeback to
+    // functional_interfaces_used, the emitted closure does not implement
+    // ArgOnly and the call ClassCastExceptions at runtime.
+    public interface ArgOnly {
+        void onArg(int n);
+    }
+
+    public static String runArgOnly(ArgOnly cb, int n) {
+        cb.onArg(n);
+        return "arg-ok";
+    }
+
+    // Constructor-position SAM: a Haxe `new CtorSam(closure)` is a TNew
+    // expression in the typed AST. Unlike TCall (where the callee field has a
+    // TFun etype that exposes the parameter types to the scan), TNew has no
+    // callee subexpression — the only place CtorOnly's TInst would appear is
+    // on this extern's cl_constructor.cf_type, which the AST scan never
+    // visits. This is the exact shape that crashed RideAssist:
+    // `new TextToSpeech(this, onTtsInit)`.
+    public interface CtorOnly {
+        void onCtor(int n);
+    }
+
+    public static class CtorSam {
+        public CtorSam(CtorOnly cb, int n) {
+            cb.onCtor(n);
+        }
+    }
+
     public static String runOnClick(OnClick cb, int id) {
         cb.onClick(id);
         return "ok";