diff --git a/src/chebyshevtransform.jl b/src/chebyshevtransform.jl
index e98f4ed5..2e58876d 100644
--- a/src/chebyshevtransform.jl
+++ b/src/chebyshevtransform.jl
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ end
 
 
 # convert x if necessary
-@inline _plan_mul!(y::AbstractArray{T}, P::Plan{T}, x::StridedArray{T}) where T = mul!(y, P, x)
-@inline _plan_mul!(y::AbstractArray{T}, P::Plan{T}, x::AbstractArray) where T = mul!(y, P, convert(Array{T}, x))
+_maybemutablecopy(x::StridedArray{T}, ::Type{T}) where {T} = x
+_maybemutablecopy(x, T) = Array{T}(x)
+@inline _plan_mul!(y::AbstractArray{T}, P::Plan{T}, x::AbstractArray) where T = mul!(y, P, _maybemutablecopy(x, T))
 
 
 for op in (:ldiv, :lmul)
@@ -309,7 +310,8 @@ function mul!(y::AbstractArray{T,N}, P::IChebyshevTransformPlan{T,2,K,false,N},
     _icheb2_rescale!(P.plan.region, y)
 end
 
-*(P::IChebyshevTransformPlan{T,kind,K,false,N}, x::AbstractArray{T,N}) where {T,kind,K,N} = mul!(similar(x), P, x)
+*(P::IChebyshevTransformPlan{T,kind,K,false,N}, x::AbstractArray{T,N}) where {T,kind,K,N} =
+    mul!(similar(x), P, _maybemutablecopy(x, T))
 ichebyshevtransform!(x::AbstractArray, dims...; kwds...) = plan_ichebyshevtransform!(x, dims...; kwds...)*x
 ichebyshevtransform(x, dims...; kwds...) = plan_ichebyshevtransform(x, dims...; kwds...)*x
 
diff --git a/test/chebyshevtests.jl b/test/chebyshevtests.jl
index 614f9c6d..763ac3ce 100644
--- a/test/chebyshevtests.jl
+++ b/test/chebyshevtests.jl
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ using FastTransforms, Test
     @testset "immutable vectors" begin
         F = plan_chebyshevtransform([1.,2,3])
         @test chebyshevtransform(1.0:3) == F * (1:3)
+        @test ichebyshevtransform(1.0:3) == ichebyshevtransform([1.0:3;])
     end
 
     @testset "inv" begin