diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/inlines/Inliner.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/inlines/Inliner.scala
index 153ceaaee9e9..bea42e82ce6f 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/inlines/Inliner.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/inlines/Inliner.scala
@@ -270,12 +270,15 @@ class Inliner(val call: tpd.Tree)(using Context):
         assert(argss.isEmpty)
         true
 
+  /** The number of enclosing classes of this class, plus one */
+  private def classNestingLevel(cls: Symbol) = cls.ownersIterator.count(_.isClass)
+
   // Compute val-definitions for all this-proxies and append them to `bindingsBuf`
   private def computeThisBindings() = {
     // All needed this-proxies, paired-with and sorted-by nesting depth of
     // the classes they represent (innermost first)
     val sortedProxies = thisProxy.toList
-      .map((cls, proxy) => (cls.ownersIterator.length, proxy.symbol, cls))
+      .map((cls, proxy) => (classNestingLevel(cls), proxy.symbol, cls))
       .sortBy(-_._1)
 
     def outerSelect(prefix: Tree, prefixCls: Symbol, hops: Int, info: Type) =
@@ -303,7 +306,7 @@ class Inliner(val call: tpd.Tree)(using Context):
             val pre = inlineCallPrefix match
               case Super(qual, _) => qual
               case pre => pre
-            val preLevel = inlinedMethod.owner.ownersIterator.length
+            val preLevel = classNestingLevel(inlinedMethod.owner)
             if preLevel > level then outerSelect(pre, inlinedMethod.owner, preLevel - level, selfSym.info)
             else pre
 
diff --git a/tests/pos/i15666.scala b/tests/pos/i15666.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad7314201565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i15666.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+trait GetInt {
+  def value: Int // if we add inline here, the program compiles
+}
+
+class Newtype {
+  def f: Int = ???
+
+  val g = new GetInt {
+    inline def value: Int = f // has to be inline to crash
+  }
+}
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