diff --git a/src/test/mir-opt/byte_slice.rs b/src/test/mir-opt/byte_slice.rs
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index 00000000000..ae5d7c4895f
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+++ b/src/test/mir-opt/byte_slice.rs
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+// compile-flags: -Z mir-opt-level=0
+
+fn main() {
+    let x = b"foo";
+    let y = [5u8, b'x'];
+}
+
+// END RUST SOURCE
+// START rustc.main.EraseRegions.after.mir
+// ...
+// _1 = const Scalar(Ptr(Pointer { alloc_id: AllocId(0), offset: Size { raw: 0 }, tag: () })) : &[u8; 3];
+// ...
+// _2 = [const 5u8, const 120u8];
+// ...
+// END rustc.main.EraseRegions.after.mir