diff --git a/test/backend/test_multitensor.py b/test/backend/test_multitensor.py
index 5e9b8fdfb1..2cfc7b1986 100644
--- a/test/backend/test_multitensor.py
+++ b/test/backend/test_multitensor.py
@@ -809,6 +809,14 @@ class TestMultiTensor(unittest.TestCase):
     t2.realize()
   def test_full_like_on_shard_axis(self): self.test_full_like_on_shard(0)
 
+  def test_full_like_shrink_on_shard_axis(self):
+    t = Tensor.ones(16, 16, dtype=dtypes.int).shard(devices_2, axis=0)
+    out = Tensor.full_like(t, 2)[:, :8]
+    sched = out.schedule()
+    self.assertEqual(len(sched), 2) # TODO: 0. fix mstack_early_shrink
+    run_schedule(sched)
+    self.assertEqual(out.tolist(), [[2]*8]*16)
+
   def test_dropout_on_shard(self):
     with Tensor.train():
       X = Tensor.ones(256).to(devices_2)