diff --git a/src/webgpu/shader/execution/statement/phony.spec.ts b/src/webgpu/shader/execution/statement/phony.spec.ts
index 1f28d040f2d8..309d8848523d 100644
--- a/src/webgpu/shader/execution/statement/phony.spec.ts
+++ b/src/webgpu/shader/execution/statement/phony.spec.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ const kTests = {
     src: `_ = put(42i);`,
     values: [42, 0],
   },
+  call_in_subexpr: {
+    src: `_ = put(42i) + 1;`,
+    values: [42, 0],
+  },
   nested_call: {
     src: `_ = put(put(42)+1);`,
     values: [42, 43, 0],