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+; A test for checking PR 9623
+;RUN: llc -march=x86-64 -mcpu=corei7 -promote-elements < %s | FileCheck %s
+
+target triple = "x86_64-apple-darwin"
+
+; CHECK:  pmulld 
+; CHECK:  paddd  
+; CHECK:  movdqa 
+
+define <4 x i8> @foo(<4 x i8> %x, <4 x i8> %y) {
+entry:
+ %binop = mul <4 x i8> %x, %y
+ %binop6 = add <4 x i8> %binop, %x
+ ret <4 x i8> %binop6
+}
+
+