diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/feature-gate-negate-unsigned.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/feature-gate-negate-unsigned.rs
index 93e09c6d8d2..98cc2fc0c3e 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/feature-gate-negate-unsigned.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/feature-gate-negate-unsigned.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ impl std::ops::Neg for S {
     fn neg(self) -> u32 { 0 }
 }
 
-const _MAX: usize = -1;
+// FIXME(eddyb) move this back to a `-1` literal when
+// MIR building stops eagerly erroring in that case.
+const _MAX: usize = -(2 - 1);
 //~^ WARN unary negation of unsigned integer
 //~| ERROR unary negation of unsigned integer
 //~| HELP use a cast or the `!` operator