diff --git a/test/ruby/test_regexp.rb b/test/ruby/test_regexp.rb
index d4b306ced7..520af49640 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_regexp.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_regexp.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,13 @@ class TestRegexp < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal("a", eval('/(?<foo>.)/ =~ "a"; foo'))
     assert_equal("a", eval('foo = 1; /(?<foo>.)/ =~ "a"; foo'))
     assert_equal("a", eval('1.times {|foo| /(?<foo>.)/ =~ "a"; break foo }'))
-    assert_raise(SyntaxError) { eval('/(?<Foo>.)/ =~ "a"') }
+    assert_nothing_raised { eval('/(?<Foo>.)/ =~ "a"') }
+    assert_nil(eval('/(?<Foo>.)/ =~ "a"; defined? Foo'))
+  end
+
+  def test_assign_named_capture_to_reserved_word
+    /(?<nil>.)/ =~ "a"
+    assert(!local_variables.include?(:nil), "[ruby-dev:32675]")
   end
 
   def test_match_regexp