diff --git a/equinox/_module.py b/equinox/_module.py
index 3c726b80..839dafcd 100644
--- a/equinox/_module.py
+++ b/equinox/_module.py
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def __new__(
 
         # Add support for `eqx.field(converter=...)` when using `__post_init__`.
         # (Scenario (c) above. Scenarios (a) and (b) are handled later.)
-        if has_dataclass_init and hasattr(cls, "__post_init__"):
+        if has_dataclass_init and "__post_init__" in cls.__dict__:
             post_init = cls.__post_init__
 
             @ft.wraps(post_init)  # pyright: ignore
@@ -293,17 +293,11 @@ def __post_init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 # We want to only convert once, at the top level.
                 #
                 # This check is basically testing whether or not the function we're in
-                # now (`cls.__post_init__`) is at the top level
-                # (`self.__class__.__post_init__`). If we are, do conversion. If we're
-                # not, it's presumably because someone is calling us via `super()` in
-                # the middle of their own `__post_init__`. No conversion then; their own
-                # version of this wrapper will do it at the appropriate time instead.
-                #
-                # One small foible: we write `cls.__post_init__`, rather than just
-                # `__post_init__`, to refer to this function. This allows someone else
-                # to also monkey-patch `cls.__post_init__` if they wish, and this won't
-                # remove conversion. (Conversion is a at-the-top-level thing, not a
-                # this-particular-function thing.)
+                # now (`cls`) is at the top level (`self.__class__`). If we are, do
+                # conversion. If we're not, it's presumably because someone is calling
+                # us via `super()` in the middle of their own `__post_init__`. No
+                # conversion then; their own version of this wrapper will do it at the
+                # appropriate time instead.
                 #
                 # This top-level business means that this is very nearly the same as
                 # doing conversion in `_ModuleMeta.__call__`. The differences are that
@@ -311,11 +305,11 @@ def __post_init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 # `__post_init__`, and (b) it allows other libraries (i.e. jaxtyping)
                 # to later monkey-patch `__init__`, and we have our converter run before
                 # their own monkey-patched-in code.
-                if self.__class__.__post_init__ is cls.__post_init__:
+                if self.__class__ is _make_initable_wrapper(cls):
                     # Convert all fields currently available.
                     _convert_fields(self, init=True)
                 post_init(self, *args, **kwargs)  # pyright: ignore
-                if self.__class__.__post_init__ is cls.__post_init__:
+                if self.__class__ is _make_initable_wrapper(cls):
                     # Convert all the fields filled in by `__post_init__` as well.
                     _convert_fields(self, init=False)
 
@@ -377,7 +371,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 __tracebackhide__ = True
                 init(self, *args, **kwargs)
                 # Same `if` trick as with `__post_init__`.
-                if self.__class__.__init__ is cls.__init__:
+                if self.__class__ is _make_initable_wrapper(cls):
                     _convert_fields(self, init=True)
                     _convert_fields(self, init=False)
 
@@ -566,8 +560,7 @@ def __call__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
             # else it's handled in __setattr__, but that isn't called here.
         # [Step 1] Modules are immutable -- except during construction. So defreeze
         # before init.
-        post_init = getattr(cls, "__post_init__", None)
-        initable_cls = _make_initable(cls, cls.__init__, post_init, wraps=False)
+        initable_cls = _make_initable_wrapper(cls)
         # [Step 2] Instantiate the class as normal.
         self = super(_ActualModuleMeta, initable_cls).__call__(*args, **kwargs)
         assert not _is_abstract(cls)
@@ -792,6 +785,11 @@ def __call__(self, ...):
                 break
 
 
+def _make_initable_wrapper(cls: _ActualModuleMeta) -> _ActualModuleMeta:
+    post_init = getattr(cls, "__post_init__", None)
+    return _make_initable(cls, cls.__init__, post_init, wraps=False)
+
+
 @ft.lru_cache(maxsize=128)
 def _make_initable(
     cls: _ActualModuleMeta, init, post_init, wraps: bool
diff --git a/tests/test_module.py b/tests/test_module.py
index 76996e36..46bb4d46 100644
--- a/tests/test_module.py
+++ b/tests/test_module.py
@@ -1169,3 +1169,38 @@ class InvalidArr(eqx.Module):
         match="A JAX array is being set as static!",
     ):
         InvalidArr((), jnp.ones(10))
+
+
+# https://github.com/patrick-kidger/equinox/issues/832
+def test_cooperative_multiple_inheritance():
+    called_a = False
+    called_b = False
+    called_d = False
+
+    class A(eqx.Module):
+        def __post_init__(self) -> None:
+            nonlocal called_a
+            called_a = True
+
+    class B(A):
+        def __post_init__(self) -> None:
+            nonlocal called_b
+            called_b = True
+            super().__post_init__()
+
+    class C(A):
+        pass
+
+    class D(C, A):
+        def __post_init__(self) -> None:
+            nonlocal called_d
+            called_d = True
+            super().__post_init__()
+
+    class E(D, B):
+        pass
+
+    E()
+    assert called_a
+    assert called_b
+    assert called_d