diff --git a/test/makemap.go b/test/makemap.go
index 60983c0d471..d19e6c34443 100644
--- a/test/makemap.go
+++ b/test/makemap.go
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ func main() {
 	sink = make(T, -1)            // ERROR "negative size argument in make.*"
 	sink = make(T, uint64(1<<63)) // ERROR "size argument too large in make.*"
 
+	// Test that errors are emitted at call sites, not const declarations
+	const x = -1
+	sink = make(T, x) // ERROR "negative size argument in make.*"
+	const y = uint64(1 << 63)
+	sink = make(T, y) // ERROR "size argument too large in make.*"
+
 	sink = make(T, 0.5) // ERROR "constant 0.5 truncated to integer"
 	sink = make(T, 1.0)
 	sink = make(T, float32(1.0)) // ERROR "non-integer size argument in make.*"