diff --git a/pin/pin_test.go b/pin/pin_test.go
index c8d18f027..12db39b29 100644
--- a/pin/pin_test.go
+++ b/pin/pin_test.go
@@ -152,3 +152,41 @@ func TestPinnerBasic(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("could not find recursively pinned node")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDuplicateSemantics(t *testing.T) {
+	dstore := dssync.MutexWrap(ds.NewMapDatastore())
+	bstore := blockstore.NewBlockstore(dstore)
+	bserv, err := bs.New(bstore, offline.Exchange(bstore))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	dserv := mdag.NewDAGService(bserv)
+
+	// TODO does pinner need to share datastore with blockservice?
+	p := NewPinner(dstore, dserv)
+
+	a, _ := randNode()
+	_, err = dserv.Add(a)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// pin is recursively
+	err = p.Pin(a, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// pinning directly should fail
+	err = p.Pin(a, false)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected direct pin to fail")
+	}
+
+	// pinning recursively again should succeed
+	err = p.Pin(a, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0080-repo.sh b/test/sharness/t0080-repo.sh
index 4f3a5b9d5..2c78688bf 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0080-repo.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0080-repo.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ test_expect_success "file no longer pinned" '
 	# we expect the welcome files to show up here
 	echo "$HASH_WELCOME_DOCS" >expected2 &&
 	ipfs refs -r "$HASH_WELCOME_DOCS" >>expected2 &&
+	echo QmUNLLsPACCz1vLxQVkXqqLX5R1X345qqfHbsf67hvA3Nn >> expected2 &&
 	sort expected2 >expected_sorted2 &&
 	ipfs pin ls -type=recursive >actual2 &&
 	sort actual2 >actual_sorted2 &&
@@ -127,7 +128,6 @@ test_expect_success "pin something directly" '
 
 test_expect_success "'ipfs pin ls -type=direct' is correct" '
 	echo "$DIRECTPIN" >directpinexpected &&
-	echo QmUNLLsPACCz1vLxQVkXqqLX5R1X345qqfHbsf67hvA3Nn >>directpinexpected &&
 	sort directpinexpected >dp_exp_sorted &&
 	ipfs pin ls -type=direct >directpinout &&
 	sort directpinout >dp_out_sorted &&
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ test_expect_success "'ipfs pin ls -type=direct' is correct" '
 test_expect_success "'ipfs pin ls -type=recursive' is correct" '
 	echo "$MBLOCKHASH" >rp_expected &&
 	echo "$HASH_WELCOME_DOCS" >>rp_expected &&
+	echo QmUNLLsPACCz1vLxQVkXqqLX5R1X345qqfHbsf67hvA3Nn >>rp_expected &&
 	ipfs refs -r "$HASH_WELCOME_DOCS" >>rp_expected &&
 	sort rp_expected >rp_exp_sorted &&
 	ipfs pin ls -type=recursive >rp_actual &&