diff --git a/src/test/ui/uninhabited/privately-uninhabited-dead-code.rs b/src/test/ui/uninhabited/privately-uninhabited-dead-code.rs
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+// compile-pass
+
+#![deny(unreachable_code)]
+
+mod foo {
+    enum Bar {}
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub struct Foo {
+        value: Bar, // "privately" uninhabited
+    }
+
+    pub fn give_foo() -> Foo { panic!() }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    foo::give_foo();
+    println!("Hello, world!"); // ok: we can't tell that this code is dead
+}