diff --git a/tests/codegen/placement-new.rs b/tests/codegen/placement-new.rs
index edb25df5eb4..0ec2b6a6f20 100644
--- a/tests/codegen/placement-new.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen/placement-new.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 //@ compile-flags: -O
+//@ compile-flags: -Zmerge-functions=disabled
 #![crate_type = "lib"]
 
 // Test to check that types with "complex" destructors, but trivial `Default` impls
 // are constructed directly into the allocation in `Box::default` and `Arc::default`.
 
+use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 // CHECK-LABEL: @box_default_inplace
@@ -16,6 +18,16 @@ pub fn box_default_inplace() -> Box<(String, String)> {
     Box::default()
 }
 
+// CHECK-LABEL: @rc_default_inplace
+#[no_mangle]
+pub fn rc_default_inplace() -> Rc<(String, String)> {
+    // CHECK-NOT: alloca
+    // CHECK: [[RC:%.*]] = {{.*}}call {{.*}}__rust_alloc(
+    // CHECK-NOT: call void @llvm.memcpy
+    // CHECK: ret ptr [[RC]]
+    Rc::default()
+}
+
 // CHECK-LABEL: @arc_default_inplace
 #[no_mangle]
 pub fn arc_default_inplace() -> Arc<(String, String)> {