diff --git a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/userDefinedValueType/assembly_access_bytes2_abicoder_v1.sol b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/userDefinedValueType/assembly_access_bytes2_abicoder_v1.sol
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index 000000000..f41a9205d
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+++ b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/userDefinedValueType/assembly_access_bytes2_abicoder_v1.sol
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+pragma abicoder v1;
+
+type MyBytes2 is bytes2;
+
+contract C {
+    function f(MyBytes2 val) external returns (bytes2 ret) {
+        assembly {
+            ret := val
+        }
+    }
+
+    function g(bytes2 val) external returns (bytes2 ret) {
+        assembly {
+            ret := val
+        }
+    }
+
+    function h(uint256 val) external returns (MyBytes2) {
+        MyBytes2 ret;
+        assembly {
+            ret := val
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+}
+// ====
+// compileViaYul: false
+// ----
+// f(bytes2): "ab" -> 0x6162000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
+// g(bytes2): "ab" -> 0x6162000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
+// f(bytes2): "abcdef" -> 0x6162000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
+// g(bytes2): "abcdef" -> 0x6162000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
+// h(uint256): "ab" -> 0x6162000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
+// h(uint256): "abcdef" -> 0x6162000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/userDefinedValueType/assembly_access_bytes2_abicoder_v2.sol b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/userDefinedValueType/assembly_access_bytes2_abicoder_v2.sol
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index 000000000..6af03b847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/userDefinedValueType/assembly_access_bytes2_abicoder_v2.sol
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+pragma abicoder v2;
+
+type MyBytes2 is bytes2;
+
+contract C {
+    function f(MyBytes2 val) external returns (bytes2 ret) {
+        assembly {
+            ret := val
+        }
+    }
+
+    function g(bytes2 val) external returns (bytes2 ret) {
+        assembly {
+            ret := val
+        }
+    }
+
+    function h(uint256 val) external returns (MyBytes2) {
+        MyBytes2 ret;
+        assembly {
+            ret := val
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+}
+// ====
+// compileViaYul: also
+// ----
+// f(bytes2): "ab" -> 0x6162000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
+// g(bytes2): "ab" -> 0x6162000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
+// f(bytes2): "abcdef" -> FAILURE
+// g(bytes2): "abcdef" -> FAILURE
+// h(uint256): "ab" -> 0x6162000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
+// h(uint256): "abcdef" -> 0x6162000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000