diff --git a/src/sparsematrix.jl b/src/sparsematrix.jl
index f123a270..76d8023e 100644
--- a/src/sparsematrix.jl
+++ b/src/sparsematrix.jl
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ const SparseMatrixCSCUnion2{Tv,Ti} = Union{AbstractSparseMatrixCSC{Tv,Ti}, Spars
 
 getcolptr(S::SorF)     = getfield(S, :colptr)
 getcolptr(S::SparseMatrixCSCView) = view(getcolptr(parent(S)), first(S.indices[2]):(last(S.indices[2]) + 1))
-getcolptr(S::SparseMatrixCSCView2) = error("just to make sure")
+getcolptr(S::SparseMatrixCSCView2) = error("getcolptr not well-defined for $(typeof(S))")
 getrowval(S::AbstractSparseMatrixCSC) = rowvals(S)
 getrowval(S::SparseMatrixCSCView2) = rowvals(parent(S))
 getnzval( S::AbstractSparseMatrixCSC) = nonzeros(S)
diff --git a/test/linalg.jl b/test/linalg.jl
index d1825a82..19028877 100644
--- a/test/linalg.jl
+++ b/test/linalg.jl
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ begin
     A = sprand(rng, n, n, 0.01)
     MA = Matrix(A)
     lA = sprand(rng, n, n+10, 0.01)
+    @test nnz(lA[:, n+1:n+10]) == nnz(view(lA, :, n+1:n+10))
     @testset "triangular multiply with $tr($wr)" for tr in (identity, adjoint, transpose),
     wr in (UpperTriangular, LowerTriangular, UnitUpperTriangular, UnitLowerTriangular)
         AW = tr(wr(A))