diff --git a/tests/dummy/app/components/data-test-component.js b/tests/dummy/app/components/data-test-component.js
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+import Ember from 'ember';
+
+export default Ember.Component.extend({
+  // we're explicitly setting attributeBindings here to test that
+  // we are correctly slice()ing the frozen array if it exists already
+  attributeBindings: [],
+});