diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/creststn.c b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/creststn.c
index a79fc6232c..77cd7d7d80 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/creststn.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/creststn.c
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ void addNEWResourceBundleTest(TestNode** root)
     addTest(root, &TestXPath,                 "tsutil/creststn/TestXPath"); 
     addTest(root, &TestCLDRStyleAliases,      "tsutil/creststn/TestCLDRStyleAliases");
     addTest(root, &TestFallbackCodes,         "tsutil/creststn/TestFallbackCodes");    
+    addTest(root, &TestStackReuse,            "tsutil/creststn/TestStackReuse");
+
 }
 
 
@@ -2685,3 +2687,16 @@ static void TestFallbackCodes(void) {
   ures_close(r);
   ures_close(res);
 }
+
+static void TestStackReuse(void) {
+    UResourceBundle table;
+    UErrorCode errorCode = U_ZERO_ERROR;
+    UResourceBundle *rb = ures_open(NULL, "en_US", &errorCode);
+    const char* tableKey = "Types";
+    const char* subTableKey = "collation";
+    ures_initStackObject(&table);
+    ures_getByKeyWithFallback(rb, tableKey, &table, &errorCode);
+    if (subTableKey != NULL) {
+        ures_getByKeyWithFallback(&table,subTableKey, &table, &errorCode);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/creststn.h b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/creststn.h
index 9b3ac947cc..02bf30990b 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/creststn.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/creststn.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ static void TestJB3763(void);
 
 static void TestXPath(void);
 
+static void TestStackReuse(void);
+
 /**
 * extensive subtests called by TestResourceBundles
 **/