diff --git a/compiler/deSugar/Match.lhs b/compiler/deSugar/Match.lhs
index 0433d873d55addcf2139ea3910faad59cd117d1c..e0a5d4af0cc6908367eecf6a3781b46daf7ee4c0 100644
--- a/compiler/deSugar/Match.lhs
+++ b/compiler/deSugar/Match.lhs
@@ -586,8 +586,6 @@ tidy1 _ non_interesting_pat
 
 --------------------
 tidy_bang_pat :: Id -> SrcSpan -> Pat Id -> DsM (DsWrapper, Pat Id)
--- BangPatterns: Pattern matching is already strict in constructors,
--- tuples etc, so the last case strips off the bang for those patterns.
 
 -- Discard bang around strict pattern
 tidy_bang_pat v _ p@(ListPat {})   = tidy1 v p
@@ -596,8 +594,7 @@ tidy_bang_pat v _ p@(PArrPat {})   = tidy1 v p
 tidy_bang_pat v _ p@(ConPatOut {}) = tidy1 v p
 tidy_bang_pat v _ p@(LitPat {})    = tidy1 v p
 
--- Discard lazy/par/sig under a bang
-tidy_bang_pat v _ (LazyPat (L l p))     = tidy_bang_pat v l p
+-- Discard par/sig under a bang
 tidy_bang_pat v _ (ParPat (L l p))      = tidy_bang_pat v l p
 tidy_bang_pat v _ (SigPatOut (L l p) _) = tidy_bang_pat v l p
 
@@ -607,7 +604,10 @@ tidy_bang_pat v l (AsPat v' p)  = tidy1 v (AsPat v' (L l (BangPat p)))
 tidy_bang_pat v l (CoPat w p t) = tidy1 v (CoPat w (BangPat (L l p)) t)
 
 -- Default case, leave the bang there:
--- VarPat, WildPat, ViewPat, NPat, NPlusKPat
+-- VarPat, LazyPat, WildPat, ViewPat, NPat, NPlusKPat
+-- For LazyPat, remember that it's semantically like a VarPat
+--  i.e.  !(~p) is not like ~p, or p!  (Trac #8952)
+
 tidy_bang_pat _ l p = return (idDsWrapper, BangPat (L l p))
   -- NB: SigPatIn, ConPatIn should not happen
 \end{code}
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/deSugar/should_run/T8952.hs b/testsuite/tests/deSugar/should_run/T8952.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..42eeb250a9baea7412b2b1bfee2d7a9b43233d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/deSugar/should_run/T8952.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns #-}
+
+module Main where
+
+main = print (case Nothing of
+                  !(~(Just x)) -> "ok"
+                  Nothing   -> "bad")
+
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/deSugar/should_run/T8952.stdout b/testsuite/tests/deSugar/should_run/T8952.stdout
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..52c33a57c76fbc5dcd2fcd29a0a87afc97a02fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/deSugar/should_run/T8952.stdout
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"ok"
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/deSugar/should_run/all.T b/testsuite/tests/deSugar/should_run/all.T
index 352a65239eac59048755c423d5f579292efe66cc..233f6485d9c9cdf47c8597a786e0fc361e3c1c9c 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/deSugar/should_run/all.T
+++ b/testsuite/tests/deSugar/should_run/all.T
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ test('mc08', normal, compile_and_run, [''])
 test('T5742', normal, compile_and_run, [''])
 test('DsLambdaCase', when(compiler_lt('ghc', '7.5'), skip), compile_and_run, [''])
 test('DsMultiWayIf', when(compiler_lt('ghc', '7.5'), skip), compile_and_run, [''])
+test('T8952', normal, compile_and_run, [''])