diff --git a/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/2004-12-12-ZeroSizeCommon.ll b/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/2004-12-12-ZeroSizeCommon.ll
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+; RUN: llvm-as < %s | llc -march=ppc32 | not grep '.comm.*X,0'
+
+%X = linkonce global {} {}