diff --git a/base/linalg/uniformscaling.jl b/base/linalg/uniformscaling.jl
index 8ee5ec14ae758b..fb34984681b176 100644
--- a/base/linalg/uniformscaling.jl
+++ b/base/linalg/uniformscaling.jl
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ getindex(J::UniformScaling, i::Integer,j::Integer) = ifelse(i==j,J.λ,zero(J.λ)
 function getindex(x::UniformScaling{T}, n::AbstractRange{<:Integer}, m::AbstractRange{<:Integer}) where T
     if length(n) == length(m) && step(n) == step(m)
         k = first(n) - first(m)
-        if length(n) - abs(k) > 0
+        if k % step(n) == 0 && length(n) - abs(k) > 0
             v = fill(x.λ, length(n) - abs(k))
             return spdiagm(k => v)
         else
diff --git a/test/linalg/uniformscaling.jl b/test/linalg/uniformscaling.jl
index 410ec991a250a9..c8ebec4bd8c8d1 100644
--- a/test/linalg/uniformscaling.jl
+++ b/test/linalg/uniformscaling.jl
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ end
     @test I[1,2] == 0
     @test I[1:2,1:2] == eye(2,2)[1:2,1:2]
     @test I[1:2:3,1:2:3] == eye(3,3)[1:2:3,1:2:3]
+    @test I[1:2:8,2:2:9] == eye(10,10)[1:2:8,2:2:9]
     @test I[1:2,2:3] == eye(3,3)[1:2,2:3]
     @test I[2:3,1:2] == eye(3,3)[2:3,1:2]
     @test I[2:-1:1,1:2] == eye(2,2)[2:-1:1,1:2]