diff --git a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx-simulators/string/TestDataFormatterLibcxxStringSimulator.py b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx-simulators/string/TestDataFormatterLibcxxStringSimulator.py
index 3e5c493692c4f..98d2c7320003e 100644
--- a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx-simulators/string/TestDataFormatterLibcxxStringSimulator.py
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx-simulators/string/TestDataFormatterLibcxxStringSimulator.py
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ def _run_test(self, defines):
         self.expect_var_path("shortstring", summary='"short"')
         self.expect_var_path("longstring", summary='"I am a very long string"')
 
+        self.expect_expr("shortstring", result_summary='"short"')
+        self.expect_expr("longstring", result_summary='"I am a very long string"')
+
 
 for v in [None, "ALTERNATE_LAYOUT"]:
     for r in range(5):
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx-simulators/string/main.cpp b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx-simulators/string/main.cpp
index 7beeb9c39de49..b010dc25f8f80 100644
--- a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx-simulators/string/main.cpp
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/libcxx-simulators/string/main.cpp
@@ -71,19 +71,20 @@ template <class _CharT, class _Traits, class _Allocator> class basic_string {
 
   struct __short {
     value_type __data_[__min_cap];
-#ifdef BITMASKS
 #ifdef SUBCLASS_PADDING
     struct : __padding<value_type> {
       unsigned char __size_;
     };
-#else
+#else // !SUBCLASS_PADDING
+
     unsigned char __padding[sizeof(value_type) - 1];
+#ifdef BITMASKS
     unsigned char __size_;
-#endif
 #else // !BITMASKS
     unsigned char __size_ : 7;
     unsigned char __is_long_ : 1;
-#endif
+#endif // BITMASKS
+#endif // SUBCLASS_PADDING
   };
 
 #ifdef BITMASKS