diff --git a/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/lha.ll b/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/lha.ll
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+; RUN: llvm-as < %s | llc -march=ppc32 | grep lha
+; XFAIL: *
+
+uint %test(short* %a) {
+entry:
+    %tmp.1 = load short* %a
+    %tmp.2 = cast short %tmp.1 to uint
+    ret uint %tmp.2
+}