diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.am b/tests/data/Makefile.am
index 1ae9d31a..1f574d2e 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.am
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ test-abidiff-exit/test2-filtered-removed-fns-v1.c \
 test-abidiff-exit/test2-filtered-removed-fns-v0.o \
 test-abidiff-exit/test2-filtered-removed-fns-v1.o \
 test-abidiff-exit/test2-filtered-removed-fns.abignore \
+test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-v0.bi \
+test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-v1.bi \
+test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-with-locs-report.txt \
+test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-without-locs-report.txt \
 \
 test-diff-dwarf/test0-v0.cc		\
 test-diff-dwarf/test0-v0.o			\
diff --git a/tests/data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-v0.bi b/tests/data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-v0.bi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da3a7c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-v0.bi
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<abi-corpus path='test-loc-v0.o' architecture='elf-amd-x86_64'>
+  <elf-function-symbols>
+    <elf-symbol name='x' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+  </elf-function-symbols>
+  <abi-instr version='1.0' address-size='64' path='test-loc-v0.c' comp-dir-path='/tmp' language='LANG_C99'>
+    <type-decl name='unsigned char' size-in-bits='8' id='type-id-1'/>
+    <type-decl name='void' id='type-id-2'/>
+    <function-decl name='x' mangled-name='x' filepath='test-loc-v0.c' line='1' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='x'>
+      <parameter type-id='type-id-1' name='y' filepath='test-loc-v0.c' line='1' column='1'/>
+      <return type-id='type-id-2'/>
+    </function-decl>
+  </abi-instr>
+</abi-corpus>
diff --git a/tests/data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-v1.bi b/tests/data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-v1.bi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43ac6ecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-v1.bi
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<abi-corpus path='test-loc-v1.o' architecture='elf-amd-x86_64'>
+  <elf-function-symbols>
+    <elf-symbol name='x' type='func-type' binding='global-binding' visibility='default-visibility' is-defined='yes'/>
+  </elf-function-symbols>
+  <abi-instr version='1.0' address-size='64' path='test-loc-v1.c' comp-dir-path='/tmp' language='LANG_C99'>
+    <type-decl name='signed char' size-in-bits='8' id='type-id-1'/>
+    <type-decl name='void' id='type-id-2'/>
+    <function-decl name='x' mangled-name='x' filepath='test-loc-v1.c' line='1' column='1' visibility='default' binding='global' size-in-bits='64' elf-symbol-id='x'>
+      <parameter type-id='type-id-1' name='y' filepath='test-loc-v1.c' line='1' column='1'/>
+      <return type-id='type-id-2'/>
+    </function-decl>
+  </abi-instr>
+</abi-corpus>
diff --git a/tests/data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-with-locs-report.txt b/tests/data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-with-locs-report.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d62e405e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-with-locs-report.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Functions changes summary: 0 Removed, 1 Changed, 0 Added function
+Variables changes summary: 0 Removed, 0 Changed, 0 Added variable
+
+1 function with some indirect sub-type change:
+
+  [C]'function void x(unsigned char)' at test-loc-v1.c:1:1 has some indirect sub-type changes:
+    parameter 1 of type 'unsigned char' changed:
+      type name changed from 'unsigned char' to 'signed char'
+      type size hasn't changed
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-without-locs-report.txt b/tests/data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-without-locs-report.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a72047e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-without-locs-report.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Functions changes summary: 0 Removed, 1 Changed, 0 Added function
+Variables changes summary: 0 Removed, 0 Changed, 0 Added variable
+
+1 function with some indirect sub-type change:
+
+  [C]'function void x(unsigned char)' has some indirect sub-type changes:
+    parameter 1 of type 'unsigned char' changed:
+      type name changed from 'unsigned char' to 'signed char'
+      type size hasn't changed
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/test-abidiff-exit.cc b/tests/test-abidiff-exit.cc
index e6df5933..4cef727e 100644
--- a/tests/test-abidiff-exit.cc
+++ b/tests/test-abidiff-exit.cc
@@ -93,6 +93,24 @@ InOutSpec in_out_specs[] =
     "data/test-abidiff-exit/test2-filtered-removed-fns-report1.txt",
     "output/test-abidiff-exit/test2-filtered-removed-fns-report1.txt"
   },
+  {
+    "data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-v0.bi",
+    "data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-v1.bi",
+    "",
+    "",
+    abigail::tools_utils::ABIDIFF_ABI_CHANGE,
+    "data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-with-locs-report.txt",
+    "output/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-with-locs-report.txt"
+  },
+  {
+    "data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-v0.bi",
+    "data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-v1.bi",
+    "",
+    "--no-show-locs",
+    abigail::tools_utils::ABIDIFF_ABI_CHANGE,
+    "data/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-without-locs-report.txt",
+    "output/test-abidiff-exit/test-loc-without-locs-report.txt"
+  },
   {0, 0, 0 ,0,  abigail::tools_utils::ABIDIFF_OK, 0, 0}
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/abidiff.cc b/tools/abidiff.cc
index 1d02f65e..32f793e8 100644
--- a/tools/abidiff.cc
+++ b/tools/abidiff.cc
@@ -1243,8 +1243,7 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
       if (t1)
 	{
-	  diff_context_sptr diff_ctxt(new diff_context);
-	  translation_unit_diff_sptr diff = compute_diff(t1, t2, diff_ctxt);
+	  translation_unit_diff_sptr diff = compute_diff(t1, t2, ctxt);
 	  if (diff->has_changes())
 	    diff->report(cout);
 	}
