diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue7884.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue7884.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..497e26113f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue7884.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// compile
+
+// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main() {
+	var ii interface{} = 5
+	zz, err := ii.(interface{})
+	fmt.Println(zz, err)
+}