diff --git a/src/rustc/middle/tstate/states.rs b/src/rustc/middle/tstate/states.rs
index c6f927e6efa..eaf4be1955c 100644
--- a/src/rustc/middle/tstate/states.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/middle/tstate/states.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import ann::*;
 import aux::*;
 import tritv::{tritv_clone, tritv_set, ttrue};
 
+import syntax::print::pprust::block_to_str;
 import bitvectors::*;
 import pat_util::*;
 import syntax::ast::*;
@@ -13,9 +14,6 @@ import driver::session::session;
 import std::map::hashmap;
 
 fn forbid_upvar(fcx: fn_ctxt, rhs_id: node_id, sp: span, t: oper_type) {
-    //            fcx.ccx.tcx.sess.span_note(sp,
-    //              #fmt("forbid_upvar: checking. %?", t));
-
     alt t {
       oper_move {
         alt local_node_id_to_def(fcx, rhs_id) {
@@ -457,12 +455,18 @@ fn find_pre_post_state_expr(fcx: fn_ctxt, pres: prestate, e: @expr) -> bool {
         let mut changed = set_prestate_ann(fcx.ccx, e.id, loop_pres)
               | find_pre_post_state_block(fcx, loop_pres, body);
         /* conservative approximation: if a loop contains a break
-           or cont, we assume nothing about the poststate */
+           or cont, we assume nothing about the poststate (so, we
+           set all predicates to "don't know" */
         /* which is still unsound -- see [Break-unsound] */
         if may_break(body) {
                 /* Only do this if there are *breaks* not conts.
-                 An infinite loop with conts is still an infinite loop. */
-            ret changed | set_poststate_ann(fcx.ccx, e.id, pres);
+                 An infinite loop with conts is still an infinite loop.
+                We assume all preds are FALSE, not '?' -- because in the
+                worst case, the body could invalidate all preds and
+                deinitialize everything before breaking */
+            let post = empty_poststate(num_constrs);
+            tritv::tritv_kill(post);
+            ret changed | set_poststate_ann(fcx.ccx, e.id, post);
         } else {
             ret changed | set_poststate_ann(fcx.ccx, e.id,
                                             false_postcond(num_constrs));
diff --git a/src/rustc/middle/tstate/tritv.rs b/src/rustc/middle/tstate/tritv.rs
index e6f68f7edb3..05fcbca9633 100644
--- a/src/rustc/middle/tstate/tritv.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/middle/tstate/tritv.rs
@@ -109,27 +109,14 @@ fn trit_or(a: trit, b: trit) -> trit {
 fn trit_and(a: trit, b: trit) -> trit {
     alt a {
       dont_care { b }
-
-
-
-
       // also seems wrong for case b = ttrue
       ttrue {
         alt b {
           dont_care { ttrue }
-
-
-
-
           // ??? Seems wrong
           ttrue {
             ttrue
           }
-
-
-
-
-
           // false wins, since if something is uninit
           // on one path, we care
           // (Rationale: it's always safe to assume that
@@ -140,11 +127,6 @@ fn trit_and(a: trit, b: trit) -> trit {
           }
         }
       }
-
-
-
-
-
       // Rationale: if it's uninit on one path,
       // we can consider it as uninit on all paths
       tfalse {
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/loop-pred-constraints.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/loop-pred-constraints.rs
index b085de80a23..a55fe477ba7 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/loop-pred-constraints.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/loop-pred-constraints.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// xfail-test
 // https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues/2374
 // error-pattern:unsatisfied precondition constraint (for example, even(y