diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs
index 5d53a4d28f2e..ca80328f3ac0 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs
@@ -2445,6 +2445,7 @@ impl<'test> TestCx<'test> {
                     "-Copt-level=1",
                     &zdump_arg,
                     "-Zvalidate-mir",
+                    "-Zlint-mir",
                     "-Zdump-mir-exclude-pass-number",
                 ]);
                 if let Some(pass) = &self.props.mir_unit_test {
diff --git a/tests/mir-opt/reference_prop.rs b/tests/mir-opt/reference_prop.rs
index 1b9c8fe15c25..8adfbb4535b9 100644
--- a/tests/mir-opt/reference_prop.rs
+++ b/tests/mir-opt/reference_prop.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// compile-flags: -Zlint-mir=no
 // unit-test: ReferencePropagation
 // needs-unwind