diff --git a/test/Transforms/InstCombine/malloc.ll b/test/Transforms/InstCombine/malloc.ll
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+; test that malloc's with a constant argument are promoted to array allocations
+; RUN: as < %s | opt -instcombine -die | dis | grep getelementptr
+
+int* %test() {
+	%X = malloc int, uint 4
+	ret int* %X
+}