diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/creststn.c b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/creststn.c
index a0664eccd01..0c54c27907d 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/creststn.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/creststn.c
@@ -2268,6 +2268,10 @@ static void TestResourceLevelAliasing(void) {
             }
         }
     }
+    tb = ures_getByKey(aliasB, "testAliasToTree", tb, &status);
+    if(U_FAILURE(status)){
+        log_err("Fetching the resource with key %s failed. Error: %s\n", "testAliasToTree", u_errorName(status));
+    }
 cleanup:
     ures_close(aliasB);
     ures_close(tb);
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/testdata/testaliases.txt b/icu4c/source/test/testdata/testaliases.txt
index 0745556daa4..2c0c659be0e 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/testdata/testaliases.txt
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/testdata/testaliases.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ testaliases
         :alias { "te/zoneStrings/2/4" } //"PDT",
         :alias { "te/zoneStrings/2/5" } //"Los Angeles",
     }
-
+    testAliasToTree:alias{"/ICUDATA-coll/en/collations"}
 
 }