diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index d9c1585a..658e8418 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -174,16 +174,18 @@ vecvecapply(f::Base.Callable, v)
 
 Calls `f` on each element of a vecvec `v`.
 """
-function vecvecapply(f, v)
+function vecvecapply(f, v::AbstractArray{<:AbstractArray})
     sol = Vector{eltype(eltype(v))}()
     for i in eachindex(v)
-        for j in eachindex(v[:, i])
-            push!(sol, v[:, i][j])
+        for j in eachindex(v[i])
+            push!(sol, v[i][j])
         end
     end
     f(sol)
 end
 
+vecvecapply(f, v::AbstractVectorOfArray) = vecvecapply(f, v.u)
+
 function vecvecapply(f, v::Array{T}) where {T <: Number}
     f(v)
 end
diff --git a/test/utils_test.jl b/test/utils_test.jl
index 52f24bd6..8bda7442 100644
--- a/test/utils_test.jl
+++ b/test/utils_test.jl
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ A = [[1 2; 3 4], [1 3; 4 6], [5 6; 7 8]]
 A = zeros(5, 5)
 @test recursive_unitless_eltype(A) == Float64
 
+@test vecvecapply(x -> abs.(x), -1) == 1
+@test vecvecapply(x -> abs.(x), [-1, -2, 3, -4]) == [1, 2, 3, 4]
+v = [[-1 2; 3 -4], [5 -6; -7 -8]]
+vv = [1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 7, 6, 8]
+@test vecvecapply(x -> abs.(x), v) == vv
+@test vecvecapply(x -> abs.(x), VectorOfArray(v)) == vv
+
 using Unitful
 A = zeros(5, 5) * 1u"kg"
 @test recursive_unitless_eltype(A) == Float64