diff --git a/tests/neg/5902.scala b/tests/neg/5902.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ca7c9ad036d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/neg/5902.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+object Main {
+  val a = infer[ValueOf[String]] // error
+}