diff --git a/src/Containers/DenseAxisArray.jl b/src/Containers/DenseAxisArray.jl
index 48cd7d3c9d2..c5866f44f10 100644
--- a/src/Containers/DenseAxisArray.jl
+++ b/src/Containers/DenseAxisArray.jl
@@ -402,13 +402,17 @@ function _kwargs_to_args(A::DenseAxisArray{T,N}; kwargs...) where {T,N}
     end
 end
 
-function Base.getindex(A::DenseAxisArray{T,N}, args...; kwargs...) where {T,N}
+function Base.getindex(A::DenseAxisArray, args...; kwargs...)
     if !isempty(kwargs)
         if !isempty(args)
             error("Cannot index with mix of positional and keyword arguments")
         end
-        return getindex(A, _kwargs_to_args(A; kwargs...)...)
+        return _getindex_inner(A, _kwargs_to_args(A; kwargs...)...)
     end
+    return _getindex_inner(A, args...)
+end
+
+function _getindex_inner(A::DenseAxisArray{T}, args::Vararg{Any,N}) where {T,N}
     new_indices = Base.to_index(A, args)
     if !any(_is_range, new_indices)
         return A.data[new_indices...]::T