diff --git a/src/gr/polynomial.c b/src/gr/polynomial.c
index ed762953b1..6a3e698292 100644
--- a/src/gr/polynomial.c
+++ b/src/gr/polynomial.c
@@ -378,12 +378,6 @@ polynomial_sub(gr_poly_t res, const gr_poly_t poly1, const gr_poly_t poly2, gr_c
     return gr_poly_sub(res, poly1, poly2, POLYNOMIAL_ELEM_CTX(ctx));
 }
 
-int
-polynomial_mul_scalar(gr_poly_t res, const gr_poly_t poly, gr_srcptr c, gr_ctx_t ctx)
-{
-    return gr_poly_mul_scalar(res, poly, c, POLYNOMIAL_ELEM_CTX(ctx));
-}
-
 int
 polynomial_mul_ui(gr_poly_t res, const gr_poly_t poly, ulong c, gr_ctx_t ctx)
 {
@@ -421,6 +415,33 @@ polynomial_mul(gr_poly_t res, const gr_poly_t poly1, const gr_poly_t poly2, gr_c
     return gr_poly_mul(res, poly1, poly2, POLYNOMIAL_ELEM_CTX(ctx));
 }
 
+int
+polynomial_mul_other(gr_poly_t res, const gr_poly_t f, gr_srcptr x, gr_ctx_t x_ctx, gr_ctx_t ctx)
+{
+    if (x_ctx == POLYNOMIAL_ELEM_CTX(ctx))
+    {
+        return gr_poly_mul_scalar(res, f, x, x_ctx);
+    }
+    else if (x_ctx->which_ring == GR_CTX_GR_POLY && 
+        POLYNOMIAL_ELEM_CTX(x_ctx) == POLYNOMIAL_ELEM_CTX(ctx) &&
+        !strcmp(POLYNOMIAL_CTX(x_ctx)->var, POLYNOMIAL_CTX(ctx)->var))
+    {
+        return polynomial_mul(res, f, x, ctx);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        gr_poly_t t;
+        int status = GR_SUCCESS;
+
+        polynomial_init(t, ctx);
+        status = polynomial_set_other(t, x, x_ctx, ctx);
+        if (status == GR_SUCCESS)
+            status = polynomial_mul(res, f, t, ctx);
+        polynomial_clear(t, ctx);
+        return status;
+    }
+}
+
 int
 polynomial_div(gr_poly_t res, const gr_poly_t x, const gr_poly_t y, const gr_ctx_t ctx)
 {
@@ -579,7 +600,7 @@ gr_method_tab_input _gr_poly_methods_input[] =
     {GR_METHOD_ADD,         (gr_funcptr) polynomial_add},
     {GR_METHOD_SUB,         (gr_funcptr) polynomial_sub},
     {GR_METHOD_MUL,         (gr_funcptr) polynomial_mul},
-    /* {GR_METHOD_MUL,         (gr_funcptr) polynomial_mul_scalar}, */
+    {GR_METHOD_MUL_OTHER,   (gr_funcptr) polynomial_mul_other},
     {GR_METHOD_MUL_UI,      (gr_funcptr) polynomial_mul_ui},
     {GR_METHOD_MUL_SI,      (gr_funcptr) polynomial_mul_si},
     {GR_METHOD_MUL_FMPZ,    (gr_funcptr) polynomial_mul_fmpz},