--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+test_description='avoid failed assertion when creating a GPT on top of an old one for a larger device'
+
+: ${srcdir=.}
+. $srcdir/test-lib.sh
+
+dev=loop-file
+test_expect_success \
+ 'create a backing file large enough for a GPT partition table' \
+ 'dd if=/dev/null of=$dev seek=4001 2> /dev/null'
+
+test_expect_success \
+ 'create a GPT partition table' \
+ 'parted -s $dev mklabel gpt > out 2>&1'
+test_expect_success 'expect no output' 'compare out /dev/null'
+
+test_expect_success \
+ 'shrink the backing file' \
+ 'dd if=/dev/null of=$dev seek=4000 2> /dev/null'
+
+test_expect_success \
+ 'create a new GPT table on top of the shrunken backing file' \
+ 'parted -s $dev mklabel gpt > out 2>&1'
+test_expect_success 'expect no output' 'compare out /dev/null'
+
+test_done