diff --git a/pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_reindex.py b/pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_reindex.py
index bc3750a196c5f..113a80f1c5c4e 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_reindex.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_reindex.py
@@ -864,3 +864,13 @@ def test_reindex_signature(self):
             "fill_value",
             "tolerance",
         }
+
+    def test_reindex_multiindex_ffill_added_rows(self):
+        # GH#23693
+        # reindex added rows with nan values even when fill method was specified
+        mi = MultiIndex.from_tuples([("a", "b"), ("d", "e")])
+        df = DataFrame([[0, 7], [3, 4]], index=mi, columns=["x", "y"])
+        mi2 = MultiIndex.from_tuples([("a", "b"), ("d", "e"), ("h", "i")])
+        result = df.reindex(mi2, axis=0, method="ffill")
+        expected = DataFrame([[0, 7], [3, 4], [3, 4]], index=mi2, columns=["x", "y"])
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)