3 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/deSugar/Check.hs b/compiler/deSugar/Check.hs
index 545aacef51..7a5f889423 100644
--- a/compiler/deSugar/Check.hs
+++ b/compiler/deSugar/Check.hs
@@ -790,10 +790,13 @@ translatePat fam_insts pat = case pat of
   -- overloaded list
   ListPat (ListPatTc elem_ty (Just (pat_ty, _to_list))) lpats
     | Just e_ty <- splitListTyConApp_maybe pat_ty
+    , (_, norm_e_ty) <- normaliseType fam_insts Nominal e_ty
+         -- e_ty can be a type family instance, like
+         -- `It (List a)`, but we prefer `a`, see Trac #14547
     , (_, norm_elem_ty) <- normaliseType fam_insts Nominal elem_ty
          -- elem_ty is frequently something like
          -- `Item [Int]`, but we prefer `Int`
-    , norm_elem_ty `eqType` e_ty ->
+    , norm_elem_ty `eqType` norm_e_ty ->
         -- We have to ensure that the element types are exactly the same.
         -- Otherwise, one may give an instance IsList [Int] (more specific than
         -- the default IsList [a]) with a different implementation for `toList'
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/deSugar/should_compile/T14547.hs b/testsuite/tests/deSugar/should_compile/T14547.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02ff2e618c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/deSugar/should_compile/T14547.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedLists #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
+
+module T14547 where
+
+class Foo f where
+        type It f
+        foo :: [It f] -> f
+
+data List a = Empty | a :! List a deriving Show
+
+instance Foo (List a) where
+        type It (List a) = a
+        foo [] = Empty
+        foo (x : xs) = x :! foo xs
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/deSugar/should_compile/all.T b/testsuite/tests/deSugar/should_compile/all.T
index 2d361464a6..14140737d8 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/deSugar/should_compile/all.T
+++ b/testsuite/tests/deSugar/should_compile/all.T
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ test('T13290', normal, compile, [''])
 test('T13257', normal, compile, [''])
 test('T13870', normal, compile, [''])
 test('T14135', normal, compile, [''])
+test('T14547', normal, compile, ['-Wincomplete-patterns'])
 test('T14773a', normal, compile, ['-Wincomplete-patterns'])
 test('T14773b', normal, compile, ['-Wincomplete-patterns'])
 test('T14815', [], run_command, ['$MAKE -s --no-print-directory T14815'])