diff --git a/tests/compile-fail/min_max.rs b/tests/compile-fail/min_max.rs
index 18f415ddc..5a5fae493 100644
--- a/tests/compile-fail/min_max.rs
+++ b/tests/compile-fail/min_max.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 use std::cmp::{min, max};
 
+const LARGE : usize = 3;
+
 fn main() {
     let x;
     x = 2usize;
@@ -15,6 +17,8 @@ fn main() {
 
     min(3, max(1, x)); // ok, could be 1, 2 or 3 depending on x
 
+    min(1, max(LARGE, x)); // no error, we don't lookup consts here
+
     let s;
     s = "Hello";