diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-arith/arith-assign-in-varexp1.right b/shell/ash_test/ash-arith/arith-assign-in-varexp1.right
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+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-arith/arith-assign-in-varexp1.right
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+7:7
+x=3
diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-arith/arith-assign-in-varexp1.tests b/shell/ash_test/ash-arith/arith-assign-in-varexp1.tests
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+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-arith/arith-assign-in-varexp1.tests
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+exec 2>&1
+a='x=1'
+b='x=2'
+c='x=3'
+# The variables should evaluate immediately when they encountered,
+# not when they go into an operation. Here, order of evaluation
+# of names to numbers should be a,b,c - not b,c,a:
+echo 7:$((a+b*c))
+echo "x=$x"