diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/tag-type-args.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/tag-type-args.rs
index 538fc36e91c..8e302d50e56 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/tag-type-args.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/tag-type-args.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // error-pattern: Wrong number of type arguments
 
-tag quux<T> { }
+tag quux<T> { bar }
 
 fn foo(c: quux) { assert (false); }