diff --git a/config/near_match_negatives.tsv b/config/near_match_negatives.tsv
index 50623a3..fc7f7d8 100644
--- a/config/near_match_negatives.tsv
+++ b/config/near_match_negatives.tsv
@@ -103,3 +103,4 @@
 0x80042CE0	80	near-match	paired-array geometry (stride 1428, single walked at-register)
 0x80065494	80	near-match	popcount scheduling (base in beqz delay slot)
 0x80012A48	80	near-match	primitive-init scheduler-bound family
+0x8003A5F4	80	near-match	alloc+layout (j-to-done second guard; worker-C residual confirmed by coordinator)