diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/eradicateChecks.ml b/infer/src/checkers/eradicateChecks.ml
index 80eb2179c..7d4c7feaa 100644
--- a/infer/src/checkers/eradicateChecks.ml
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/eradicateChecks.ml
@@ -534,14 +534,17 @@ let check_overridden_annotations
         check_params overriden_proc_name overriden_signature
     | None -> () in
 
-  let check_overriden_methods super_class_name =
+  let check_overridden_methods super_class_name =
     let super_proc_name = Procname.java_replace_class proc_name super_class_name in
     let type_name = Sil.TN_csu (Sil.Class, Mangled.from_string super_class_name) in
     match Sil.tenv_lookup tenv type_name with
     | Some (Sil.Tstruct (_, _, _, _, _, methods, _)) ->
+        let is_override pname =
+          Procname.equal pname super_proc_name &&
+          not (Procname.is_constructor pname) in
         list_iter
           (fun pname ->
-                if Procname.equal pname super_proc_name
+                if is_override pname
                 then check pname)
           methods
     | _ -> () in
@@ -555,4 +558,4 @@ let check_overridden_annotations
         list_map Mangled.to_string (PatternMatch.type_get_direct_supertypes curr_type)
     | None -> [] in
 
-  list_iter check_overriden_methods super_types
+  list_iter check_overridden_methods super_types
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/eradicate/InconsistentSubclassAnnotation.java b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/eradicate/InconsistentSubclassAnnotation.java
index a4a798428..5578f7f1b 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/eradicate/InconsistentSubclassAnnotation.java
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/eradicate/InconsistentSubclassAnnotation.java
@@ -74,6 +74,19 @@ class SubclassExample {
   }
 }
 
+class ConstructorsAreExcluded {
+  class Base {
+    Base (@Nullable String s) {
+    }
+  }
+
+  class Derived extends Base {
+    Derived (String s) { // OK: there's no sub-typing between constructors
+      super(s);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 public class InconsistentSubclassAnnotation {
 
   public static void callFromSuperclass(SubclassExample.A a) {