diff --git a/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/ir/optimize/checkcast/CheckCastNullForTypeTest.java b/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/ir/optimize/checkcast/CheckCastNullForTypeTest.java
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+// Copyright (c) 2020, the R8 project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package com.android.tools.r8.ir.optimize.checkcast;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
+
+import com.android.tools.r8.CompilationFailedException;
+import com.android.tools.r8.TestBase;
+import com.android.tools.r8.TestParameters;
+import com.android.tools.r8.TestParametersCollection;
+import com.android.tools.r8.utils.StringUtils;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
+
+/** This is a reproduction of b/160856783. */
+@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
+public class CheckCastNullForTypeTest extends TestBase {
+
+  private final TestParameters parameters;
+  private static final String EXPECTED = StringUtils.lines("null");
+
+  @Parameters(name = "{0}")
+  public static TestParametersCollection data() {
+    return getTestParameters().withAllRuntimesAndApiLevels().build();
+  }
+
+  public CheckCastNullForTypeTest(TestParameters parameters) {
+    this.parameters = parameters;
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testRuntime() throws Exception {
+    testForRuntime(parameters)
+        .addProgramClasses(A.class, Main.class)
+        .run(parameters.getRuntime(), Main.class)
+        .assertSuccessWithOutput(EXPECTED);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testR8() throws Exception {
+    assertThrows(
+        CompilationFailedException.class,
+        () ->
+            testForR8(parameters.getBackend())
+                .addProgramClasses(A.class, Main.class)
+                .setMinApi(parameters.getApiLevel())
+                .addKeepMainRule(Main.class)
+                .enableInliningAnnotations()
+                // TODO(b/160856783): This should not fail during compilation.
+                .run(parameters.getRuntime(), Main.class)
+                .assertSuccessWithOutput(EXPECTED));
+  }
+
+  public static class A {}
+
+  public static class Main {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+      A a = null;
+      Main main;
+      do {
+        main = (Main) (Object) a;
+      } while ((a = (A) null) != null);
+      System.out.println(a);
+    }
+  }
+}