diff --git a/tests/micropython/viper_preserve_invariants.py b/tests/micropython/viper_preserve_invariants.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26f6003aba
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+++ b/tests/micropython/viper_preserve_invariants.py
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+RESULTS = []
+
+LOAD_TEMPLATE_REG = """
+BUFFER = bytearray([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12])
+OFFSET = 1
+@micropython.viper
+def test_invariants_load{}_reg(buf: ptr{}, offset: int):
+    offset_copy1: int = offset
+    temporary1 = buf[offset]
+    offset_copy2: int = offset
+    temporary2 = buf[offset]
+    RESULTS.append(["LOAD{}", temporary1 == temporary2, offset == offset_copy1 == offset_copy2])
+test_invariants_load{}_reg(BUFFER, OFFSET)
+"""
+
+
+STORE_TEMPLATE_REG = """
+BUFFER = bytearray([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12])
+OFFSET = 1
+@micropython.viper
+def test_invariants_store{}_reg(buf: ptr{}, offset: int):
+    offset_copy: int = offset
+    value: uint = {}
+    buf[offset] = value
+    temporary = buf[offset]
+    RESULTS.append(["STORE{}", temporary == value, offset == offset_copy])
+test_invariants_store{}_reg(BUFFER, OFFSET)
+"""
+
+try:
+    for width, value in ((8, 0x11), (16, 0x1111), (32, 0x11111111)):
+        exec(LOAD_TEMPLATE_REG.format(width, width, width, width, width))
+        exec(STORE_TEMPLATE_REG.format(width, width, value, width, width, width))
+except MemoryError:
+    print("SKIP-TOO-LARGE")
+    raise SystemExit
+
+for line in RESULTS:
+    print(" ".join([str(i) for i in line]))
diff --git a/tests/micropython/viper_preserve_invariants.py.exp b/tests/micropython/viper_preserve_invariants.py.exp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21c6625243
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+++ b/tests/micropython/viper_preserve_invariants.py.exp
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+LOAD8 True True
+STORE8 True True
+LOAD16 True True
+STORE16 True True
+LOAD32 True True
+STORE32 True True