diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/newlambdas-ret-infer.rs b/src/test/run-pass/newlambdas-ret-infer.rs
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+++ b/src/test/run-pass/newlambdas-ret-infer.rs
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+// Test that the lambda kind is inferred correctly as a return
+// expression
+
+fn shared() -> fn@() { ret || (); }
+
+fn unique() -> fn~() { ret || (); }
+
+fn main() {
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/newlambdas-ret-infer2.rs b/src/test/run-pass/newlambdas-ret-infer2.rs
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+// xfail-test fn~ is not inferred
+// Test that the lambda kind is inferred correctly as a return
+// expression
+
+fn shared() -> fn@() { || () }
+
+fn unique() -> fn~() { || () }
+
+fn main() {
+}