diff --git a/lib/tests/modules.sh b/lib/tests/modules.sh
index 2eddeec07b1..2e57c2f8e2a 100755
--- a/lib/tests/modules.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/modules.sh
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ checkConfigOutput "true" config.submodule.config ./declare-submoduleWith-noshort
 ## submoduleWith should merge all modules in one swoop
 checkConfigOutput "true" config.submodule.inner ./declare-submoduleWith-modules.nix
 checkConfigOutput "true" config.submodule.outer ./declare-submoduleWith-modules.nix
+# Should also be able to evaluate the type name (which evaluates freeformType,
+# which evaluates all the modules defined by the type)
+checkConfigOutput "submodule" options.submodule.type.description ./declare-submoduleWith-modules.nix
 
 ## Paths should be allowed as values and work as expected
 checkConfigOutput "true" config.submodule.enable ./declare-submoduleWith-path.nix
diff --git a/lib/tests/modules/declare-submoduleWith-modules.nix b/lib/tests/modules/declare-submoduleWith-modules.nix
index 4736ab41751..a8b82d17688 100644
--- a/lib/tests/modules/declare-submoduleWith-modules.nix
+++ b/lib/tests/modules/declare-submoduleWith-modules.nix
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
             default = false;
           };
         }
-        {
-          outer = true;
-        }
       ];
     };
     default = {};
@@ -25,6 +22,7 @@
     })
     {
       inner = true;
+      outer = true;
     }
   ];
 }