diff --git a/idea/testData/codegen/ifNoElse.jet b/idea/testData/codegen/ifNoElse.jet
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..920ca2956b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/codegen/ifNoElse.jet
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+fun f(x: Int, b: Boolean): Int {
+  var result = x;
+  if (b) else result = result + 5;
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/NamespaceGenTest.java b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/NamespaceGenTest.java
index 4e64e8db2cf..cb9d467b104 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/NamespaceGenTest.java
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/NamespaceGenTest.java
@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@ public class NamespaceGenTest extends LightCodeInsightFixtureTestCase {
         binOpTest("fun foo(a: Int, b: Int): Int = a % b", 14, 3, 2);
     }
 
+    public void testIfNoElse() throws Exception {
+        loadFile("ifNoElse.jet");
+        System.out.println(generateToText());
+        final Method main = generateFunction();
+        assertEquals(5, main.invoke(null, 5, true));
+        assertEquals(10, main.invoke(null, 5, false));
+    }
+
     private void binOpTest(final String text, final int arg1, final int arg2, final int expected) throws Exception {
         loadText(text);
         System.out.println(generateToText());