diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/bitcast-gep.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/bitcast-gep.ll
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+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/bitcast-gep.ll
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+; RUN: llvm-as < %s | opt -instcombine | llvm-dis | not grep bitcast
+; RUN: llvm-as < %s | opt -instcombine -scalarrepl | llvm-dis | grep {ret i8. %v}
+; PR1345
+
+target datalayout = "E-p:32:32:32-i1:8:8-i8:8:8-i16:16:16-i32:32:32-i64:32:64-f32:32:32-f64:32:64-v64:64:64-v128:128:128-a0:0:64"
+target triple = "powerpc-apple-darwin8.8.0"
+
+define i8* @test(i8* %v) {
+	%A = alloca [4 x i8*], align 16		; <[4 x i8*]*> [#uses=3]
+	%B = getelementptr [4 x i8*]* %A, i32 0, i32 0		; <i8**> [#uses=1]
+	store i8* null, i8** %B
+	%C = bitcast [4 x i8*]* %A to { [16 x i8] }*		; <{ [16 x i8] }*> [#uses=1]
+	%D = getelementptr { [16 x i8] }* %C, i32 0, i32 0, i32 8		; <i8*> [#uses=1]
+	%E = bitcast i8* %D to i8**		; <i8**> [#uses=1]
+	store i8* %v, i8** %E
+	%F = getelementptr [4 x i8*]* %A, i32 0, i32 2		; <i8**> [#uses=1]
+	%G = load i8** %F		; <i8*> [#uses=1]
+	ret i8* %G
+}