diff --git a/Lib/dataclasses.py b/Lib/dataclasses.py
index 035678d902adaf9..b45e09cbf1d22d5 100644
--- a/Lib/dataclasses.py
+++ b/Lib/dataclasses.py
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ def _process_class(cls, init, repr, eq, order, unsafe_hash, frozen,
 
     func_builder = _FuncBuilder(globals)
 
-    if init:
+    if init and '__init__' not in cls.__dict__:
         # Does this class have a post-init function?
         has_post_init = hasattr(cls, _POST_INIT_NAME)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_dataclasses/__init__.py b/Lib/test/test_dataclasses/__init__.py
index 2468e3e64dd621c..c464b145adbaed8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_dataclasses/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_dataclasses/__init__.py
@@ -2502,6 +2502,26 @@ def __init__(self, x):
                 self.x = 2 * x
         self.assertEqual(C(5).x, 10)
 
+    def test_overwriting_init_with_field_ordering_conflict(self):
+        # gh-148941: When a class defines its own __init__, @dataclass must
+        # not raise TypeError due to field ordering issues in the generated
+        # __init__ signature — it would be discarded anyway.
+        @dataclass
+        class Base:
+            x: int = 0  # has a default
+
+        # Without a user-defined __init__, this would raise TypeError
+        # ("non-default argument 'y' follows default argument 'x'").
+        @dataclass
+        class Child(Base):
+            y: int  # no default — would produce invalid signature
+            def __init__(self, y):
+                self.y = y
+
+        self.assertEqual(Child(5).y, 5)
+        # Verify it's Child's own __init__, not a generated one.
+        self.assertNotIn('x', vars(Child(5)))
+
     def test_inherit_from_protocol(self):
         # Dataclasses inheriting from protocol should preserve their own `__init__`.
         # See bpo-45081.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-09-16-41-45.gh-issue-148941.aB3kLm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-09-16-41-45.gh-issue-148941.aB3kLm.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..37648b7ca979f78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-09-16-41-45.gh-issue-148941.aB3kLm.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix :func:`dataclasses.dataclass` raising :exc:`TypeError` about field
+ordering when a subclass defines its own :meth:`~object.__init__` and
+inherits from a dataclass that has fields with default values.