diff --git a/test/intrinsics.jl b/test/intrinsics.jl
index 0e8b2ec98fc23..a5f3308c68639 100644
--- a/test/intrinsics.jl
+++ b/test/intrinsics.jl
@@ -102,4 +102,7 @@ let f = Core.Intrinsics.ashr_int
 end
 
 # issue #29929
-@test unsafe_store!(Ptr{Nothing}(C_NULL), nothing) == Ptr{Nothing}(0)
+@test unsafe_store!(Ptr{Nothing}(C_NULL), nothing) === Ptr{Nothing}(0)
+@test unsafe_load(Ptr{Nothing}(0)) === nothing
+struct GhostStruct end
+@test unsafe_load(Ptr{GhostStruct}(rand(Int))) === GhostStruct()