diff --git a/test/bugs/bug124.go b/test/bugs/bug124.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62ea5172b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bugs/bug124.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Copyright 2009 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.
+
+// ! errchk $G $D/$F.go
+package main
+func fn(i int) bool {
+  if i == nil {		// ERROR "type"
+    return true
+  }
+  return false 
+}