diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/adjtrans.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/adjtrans.jl
index f75c42117ec8e..208c2f884c563 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/adjtrans.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/adjtrans.jl
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ similar(A::AdjOrTrans, ::Type{T}, dims::Dims{N}) where {T,N} = similar(A.parent,
 
 # sundry basic definitions
 parent(A::AdjOrTrans) = A.parent
-vec(v::AdjOrTransAbsVec) = v.parent
+vec(v::TransposeAbsVec) = parent(v)
 
 cmp(A::AdjOrTransAbsVec, B::AdjOrTransAbsVec) = cmp(parent(A), parent(B))
 isless(A::AdjOrTransAbsVec, B::AdjOrTransAbsVec) = isless(parent(A), parent(B))
diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/adjtrans.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/adjtrans.jl
index 5abba308fcec0..ba3faac50374d 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/adjtrans.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/adjtrans.jl
@@ -271,8 +271,10 @@ end
 
 @testset "Adjoint and Transpose vector vec methods" begin
     intvec = [1, 2]
-    @test vec(Adjoint(intvec)) === intvec
+    @test vec(Adjoint(intvec)) == intvec
     @test vec(Transpose(intvec)) === intvec
+    cvec = [1 + 1im]
+    @test vec(cvec')[1] == cvec[1]'
 end
 
 @testset "horizontal concatenation of Adjoint/Transpose-wrapped vectors and Numbers" begin