diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/import-crate-with-invalid-spans.rs b/src/test/run-pass/import-crate-with-invalid-spans.rs
index 39c175f60da41..148877b2af3e4 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/import-crate-with-invalid-spans.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/import-crate-with-invalid-spans.rs
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ fn main() {
     // The AST of `exported_generic` stored in crate_with_invalid_spans's
     // metadata should contain an invalid span where span.lo > span.hi.
     // Let's make sure the compiler doesn't crash when encountering this.
-    let _ = crate_with_invalid_spans::exported_generic(32u32, 7u32);
+    let (a, b) = crate_with_invalid_spans::exported_generic(32u32, 7u32);
+    assert_eq!((a, b), (32u32, 8 + 8 - 1));
 }