diff --git a/src/cmd/gc/fmt.c b/src/cmd/gc/fmt.c
index 2ac28846ac0..c59d1b9fcd2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/gc/fmt.c
+++ b/src/cmd/gc/fmt.c
@@ -964,7 +964,6 @@ static int opprec[] = {
 	[OPAREN] = 8,
 	[OPRINTN] = 8,
 	[OPRINT] = 8,
-	[ORECV] = 8,
 	[ORUNESTR] = 8,
 	[OSTRARRAYBYTE] = 8,
 	[OSTRARRAYRUNE] = 8,
@@ -996,6 +995,7 @@ static int opprec[] = {
 	[OMINUS] = 7,
 	[OADDR] = 7,
 	[OIND] = 7,
+	[ORECV] = 7,
 
 	[OMUL] = 6,
 	[ODIV] = 6,
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/bug448.dir/pkg1.go b/test/fixedbugs/bug448.dir/pkg1.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..032e5d9de3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/bug448.dir/pkg1.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright 2012 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 pkg1
+
+var x = make(chan interface{})
+
+func Do() int {
+	return (<-x).(int)
+}
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/bug448.dir/pkg2.go b/test/fixedbugs/bug448.dir/pkg2.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5c78c7d2f3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/bug448.dir/pkg2.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright 2012 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.
+
+// Issue 3843: inlining bug due to wrong receive operator precedence.
+
+package pkg2
+
+import "./pkg1"
+
+func F() {
+	pkg1.Do()
+}
+
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/bug448.go b/test/fixedbugs/bug448.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..242f5999e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/bug448.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// compiledir
+
+// Copyright 2012 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 ignored