diff --git a/tests/next_tests/integration_tests/feature_tests/ffront_tests/test_execution.py b/tests/next_tests/integration_tests/feature_tests/ffront_tests/test_execution.py
index 9de4449ac2..bc549bcdd1 100644
--- a/tests/next_tests/integration_tests/feature_tests/ffront_tests/test_execution.py
+++ b/tests/next_tests/integration_tests/feature_tests/ffront_tests/test_execution.py
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ def program_domain(a: cases.IField, out: cases.IField):
     a = cases.allocate(cartesian_case, program_domain, "a")()
     out = cases.allocate(cartesian_case, program_domain, "out")()
 
-    ref = out.asnumpy().copy()  # ensure we are not overwriting out outside of the domain
+    ref = out.asnumpy().copy()  # ensure we are not overwriting out outside the domain
     ref[1:9] = a.asnumpy()[1:9] * 2
 
     cases.verify(cartesian_case, program_domain, a, out, inout=out, ref=ref)
diff --git a/tests/next_tests/integration_tests/feature_tests/ffront_tests/test_program.py b/tests/next_tests/integration_tests/feature_tests/ffront_tests/test_program.py
index 417e99cd2d..d224a9dc9a 100644
--- a/tests/next_tests/integration_tests/feature_tests/ffront_tests/test_program.py
+++ b/tests/next_tests/integration_tests/feature_tests/ffront_tests/test_program.py
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ def empty_domain_program(a: cases.IJField, out_field: cases.IJField):
         cases.run(cartesian_case, empty_domain_program, a, out_field, offset_provider={})
 
 
-def test_field_arg_with_non_zero_domain_start(cartesian_case, copy_program_def):
+def test_out_field_arg_with_non_zero_domain_start(cartesian_case, copy_program_def):
     copy_program = gtx.program(copy_program_def, backend=cartesian_case.backend)
 
     size = cartesian_case.default_sizes[IDim]
@@ -266,3 +266,24 @@ def test_field_arg_with_non_zero_domain_start(cartesian_case, copy_program_def):
     ref = inp.ndarray[1:-2]
 
     cases.verify(cartesian_case, copy_program, inp, out=out, ref=ref)
+
+def test_in_field_arg_with_non_zero_domain_start(cartesian_case, copy_program_def):
+    @gtx.field_operator
+    def identity(a: cases.IField) -> cases.IField:
+        return a
+
+    @gtx.program
+    def copy_program(a: cases.IField, out: cases.IField):
+        identity(a, out=out, domain={IDim: (1, 9)})
+
+    inp = constructors.empty(
+        common.domain({IDim: (1, 9)}),
+        dtype=np.int32,
+        allocator=cartesian_case.allocator,
+    )
+    inp.ndarray[...] = 42
+    out = cases.allocate(cartesian_case, copy_program, "out", sizes={IDim: 10})()
+    ref = out.asnumpy().copy()  # ensure we are not overwriting `out` outside the domain
+    ref[1:9] = inp.asnumpy()
+
+    cases.verify(cartesian_case, copy_program, inp, out=out, ref=ref)
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