diff --git a/src/filelock/_api.py b/src/filelock/_api.py
index de34317..b074c6d 100644
--- a/src/filelock/_api.py
+++ b/src/filelock/_api.py
@@ -80,28 +80,33 @@ class ThreadLocalFileContext(FileLockContext, local):
 class BaseFileLock(ABC, contextlib.ContextDecorator):
     """Abstract base class for a file lock object."""
 
-    _instances: WeakValueDictionary[str, BaseFileLock]
+    _instances: WeakValueDictionary[str, Self]
 
     def __new__(  # noqa: PLR0913
         cls,
         lock_file: str | os.PathLike[str],
         timeout: float = -1,
         mode: int = 0o644,
-        thread_local: bool = True,  # noqa: ARG003, FBT001, FBT002
+        thread_local: bool = True,  # noqa: FBT001, FBT002
         *,
-        blocking: bool = True,  # noqa: ARG003
+        blocking: bool = True,
         is_singleton: bool = False,
         **kwargs: Any,  # capture remaining kwargs for subclasses  # noqa: ARG003, ANN401
     ) -> Self:
         """Create a new lock object or if specified return the singleton instance for the lock file."""
         if not is_singleton:
-            return super().__new__(cls)
+            self = super().__new__(cls)
+            self._initialize(lock_file, timeout, mode, thread_local, blocking=blocking, is_singleton=is_singleton)
+            return self
 
         instance = cls._instances.get(str(lock_file))
         if not instance:
-            instance = super().__new__(cls)
-            cls._instances[str(lock_file)] = instance
-        elif timeout != instance.timeout or mode != instance.mode:
+            self = super().__new__(cls)
+            self._initialize(lock_file, timeout, mode, thread_local, blocking=blocking, is_singleton=is_singleton)
+            cls._instances[str(lock_file)] = self
+            return self
+
+        if timeout != instance.timeout or mode != instance.mode:
             msg = "Singleton lock instances cannot be initialized with differing arguments"
             raise ValueError(msg)
 
@@ -112,7 +117,7 @@ def __init_subclass__(cls, **kwargs: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         super().__init_subclass__(**kwargs)
         cls._instances = WeakValueDictionary()
 
-    def __init__(  # noqa: PLR0913
+    def _initialize(  # noqa: PLR0913
         self,
         lock_file: str | os.PathLike[str],
         timeout: float = -1,
diff --git a/tests/test_filelock.py b/tests/test_filelock.py
index e23699f..7d16ae7 100644
--- a/tests/test_filelock.py
+++ b/tests/test_filelock.py
@@ -201,6 +201,23 @@ def test_nested_forced_release(lock_type: type[BaseFileLock], tmp_path: Path) ->
     assert not lock.is_locked
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("lock_type", [FileLock, SoftFileLock])
+def test_nested_contruct(lock_type: type[BaseFileLock], tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    # lock is re-entrant for a given file even if it is constructed multiple times
+    lock_path = tmp_path / "a"
+
+    with lock_type(str(lock_path), is_singleton=True, timeout=2) as lock_1:
+        assert lock_1.is_locked
+
+        with lock_type(str(lock_path), is_singleton=True, timeout=2) as lock_2:
+            assert lock_2 is lock_1
+            assert lock_2.is_locked
+
+        assert lock_1.is_locked
+
+    assert not lock_1.is_locked
+
+
 _ExcInfoType = Union[Tuple[Type[BaseException], BaseException, TracebackType], Tuple[None, None, None]]