diff --git a/test/Transforms/InstCombine/getelementptr_cast.ll b/test/Transforms/InstCombine/getelementptr_cast.ll
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+; RUN: llvm-as < %s | opt -instcombine | llvm-dis | not grep 'getelementptr.*cast'
+%G = external global [3 x sbyte]
+
+implementation
+
+ubyte *%foo(uint %Idx) {
+%tmp = getelementptr ubyte* cast ([3 x sbyte]* %G to ubyte*), uint %Idx
+ret ubyte* %tmp
+}