diff --git a/src/comp/middle/ty.rs b/src/comp/middle/ty.rs
index d20544e48e8..bae7f84d4ae 100644
--- a/src/comp/middle/ty.rs
+++ b/src/comp/middle/ty.rs
@@ -2902,7 +2902,6 @@ fn is_binopable(cx: ctxt, ty: t, op: ast::binop) -> bool {
           ty_machine(ast::ty_f32.) { tycat_float }
           ty_machine(ast::ty_f64.) { tycat_float }
           ty_char. { tycat_int }
-          ty_ptr(_) { tycat_int }
           ty_str. { tycat_str }
           ty_vec(_) { tycat_vec }
           ty_rec(_) { tycat_struct }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/binop-add-ptr.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/binop-add-ptr.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e21f6a97fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/binop-add-ptr.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// error-pattern:binary operation + cannot be applied to type `*i`
+
+fn die() -> *int { (0 as *int) + (0 as *int) }
+fn main() { }
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