diff --git a/tests/test_alloc.toml b/tests/test_alloc.toml
index c05f001..fa92da5 100644
--- a/tests/test_alloc.toml
+++ b/tests/test_alloc.toml
@@ -323,6 +323,90 @@ code = '''
     lfs_unmount(&lfs) => 0;
 '''
 
+[[case]] # what if we have a bad block during an allocation scan?
+in = "lfs.c"
+define.LFS_ERASE_CYCLES = 0xffffffff
+define.LFS_BADBLOCK_BEHAVIOR = 'LFS_TESTBD_BADBLOCK_READERROR'
+code = '''
+    lfs_format(&lfs, &cfg) => 0;
+    lfs_mount(&lfs, &cfg) => 0;
+    // first fill to exhaustion to find available space
+    lfs_file_open(&lfs, &file, "pacman", LFS_O_WRONLY | LFS_O_CREAT) => 0;
+    strcpy((char*)buffer, "waka");
+    size = strlen("waka");
+    lfs_size_t filesize = 0;
+    while (true) {
+        lfs_ssize_t res = lfs_file_write(&lfs, &file, buffer, size);
+        assert(res == (lfs_ssize_t)size || res == LFS_ERR_NOSPC);
+        if (res == LFS_ERR_NOSPC) {
+            break;
+        }
+        filesize += size;
+    }
+    lfs_file_close(&lfs, &file) => 0;
+    // now fill all but a couple of blocks of the filesystem with data
+    filesize -= 3*LFS_BLOCK_SIZE;
+    lfs_file_open(&lfs, &file, "pacman", LFS_O_WRONLY | LFS_O_CREAT) => 0;
+    strcpy((char*)buffer, "waka");
+    size = strlen("waka");
+    for (lfs_size_t i = 0; i < filesize/size; i++) {
+        lfs_file_write(&lfs, &file, buffer, size) => size;
+    }
+    lfs_file_close(&lfs, &file) => 0;
+    // also save head of file so we can error during lookahead scan
+    lfs_block_t fileblock = file.ctz.head;
+    lfs_unmount(&lfs) => 0;
+
+    // remount to force an alloc scan
+    lfs_mount(&lfs, &cfg) => 0;
+
+    // but mark the head of our file as a "bad block", this is force our
+    // scan to bail early
+    lfs_testbd_setwear(&cfg, fileblock, 0xffffffff) => 0;
+    lfs_file_open(&lfs, &file, "ghost", LFS_O_WRONLY | LFS_O_CREAT) => 0;
+    strcpy((char*)buffer, "chomp");
+    size = strlen("chomp");
+    while (true) {
+        lfs_ssize_t res = lfs_file_write(&lfs, &file, buffer, size);
+        assert(res == (lfs_ssize_t)size || res == LFS_ERR_CORRUPT);
+        if (res == LFS_ERR_CORRUPT) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    lfs_file_close(&lfs, &file) => 0;
+
+    // now reverse the "bad block" and try to write the file again until we
+    // run out of space
+    lfs_testbd_setwear(&cfg, fileblock, 0) => 0;
+    lfs_file_open(&lfs, &file, "ghost", LFS_O_WRONLY | LFS_O_CREAT) => 0;
+    strcpy((char*)buffer, "chomp");
+    size = strlen("chomp");
+    while (true) {
+        lfs_ssize_t res = lfs_file_write(&lfs, &file, buffer, size);
+        assert(res == (lfs_ssize_t)size || res == LFS_ERR_NOSPC);
+        if (res == LFS_ERR_NOSPC) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    lfs_file_close(&lfs, &file) => 0;
+
+    lfs_unmount(&lfs) => 0;
+
+    // check that the disk isn't hurt
+    lfs_mount(&lfs, &cfg) => 0;
+    lfs_file_open(&lfs, &file, "pacman", LFS_O_RDONLY) => 0;
+    strcpy((char*)buffer, "waka");
+    size = strlen("waka");
+    for (lfs_size_t i = 0; i < filesize/size; i++) {
+        uint8_t rbuffer[4];
+        lfs_file_read(&lfs, &file, rbuffer, size) => size;
+        assert(memcmp(rbuffer, buffer, size) == 0);
+    }
+    lfs_file_close(&lfs, &file) => 0;
+    lfs_unmount(&lfs) => 0;
+'''
+
+
 # Below, I don't like these tests. They're fragile and depend _heavily_
 # on the geometry of the block device. But they are valuable. Eventually they
 # should be removed and replaced with generalized tests.