diff --git a/src/test/ui/fmt/format-args-capture-issue-93378.rs b/src/test/ui/fmt/format-args-capture-issue-93378.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..faaa4ca242ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/fmt/format-args-capture-issue-93378.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+fn main() {
+    let a = "a";
+    let b = "b";
+
+    println!("{a} {b} {} {} {c} {}", c = "c");
+    //~^ ERROR: invalid reference to positional arguments 1 and 2 (there is 1 argument)
+}
diff --git a/src/test/ui/fmt/format-args-capture-issue-93378.stderr b/src/test/ui/fmt/format-args-capture-issue-93378.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3890e3ca864d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/fmt/format-args-capture-issue-93378.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+error: invalid reference to positional arguments 1 and 2 (there is 1 argument)
+  --> $DIR/format-args-capture-issue-93378.rs:5:26
+   |
+LL |     println!("{a} {b} {} {} {c} {}", c = "c");
+   |                          ^^     ^^
+   |
+   = note: positional arguments are zero-based
+
+error: aborting due to previous error
+