diff --git a/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_fileio.py b/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_fileio.py
index 4e0dc60194..f050d94e27 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_fileio.py
+++ b/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_fileio.py
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ with vfs.open("foo_file.txt") as f2:
     f2.seek(-2, 2) # SEEK_END
     print(f2.read(1))
 
+# using constructor of FileIO type to open a file
+FileIO = type(f)
+with FileIO("foo_file.txt") as f:
+    print(f.read())
+
 # dirs
 vfs.mkdir("foo_dir")
 
diff --git a/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_fileio.py.exp b/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_fileio.py.exp
index 4e34e83a82..a09442ae80 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_fileio.py.exp
+++ b/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_fileio.py.exp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ h
 e
 True
 d
+hello!world!
 True
 True
 True