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+// run-pass
+
+// Issue #62007: assigning over a deref projection of a box (in this
+// case, `*list = n;`) should be able to kill all borrows of `*list`,
+// so that `*list` can be borrowed on the next iteration through the
+// loop.
+
+#![allow(dead_code)]
+
+struct List<T> {
+    value: T,
+    next: Option<Box<List<T>>>,
+}
+
+fn to_refs<T>(mut list: Box<&mut List<T>>) -> Vec<&mut T> {
+    let mut result = vec![];
+    loop {
+        result.push(&mut list.value);
+        if let Some(n) = list.next.as_mut() {
+            *list = n;
+        } else {
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {}