diff --git a/base/array.jl b/base/array.jl
index 458dab4ef1356..353c4029dd778 100644
--- a/base/array.jl
+++ b/base/array.jl
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ function resize!(a::Vector, nl::Integer)
     l = length(a)
     if nl > l
         ccall(:jl_array_grow_end, Cvoid, (Any, UInt), a, nl-l)
-    else
+    elseif nl != l
         if nl < 0
             throw(ArgumentError("new length must be ≥ 0"))
         end
diff --git a/src/array.c b/src/array.c
index 5c36497ad7b29..4b91b6314413d 100644
--- a/src/array.c
+++ b/src/array.c
@@ -999,6 +999,8 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_array_del_beg(jl_array_t *a, size_t dec)
         jl_bounds_error_int((jl_value_t*)a, dec);
     if (__unlikely(a->flags.isshared))
         array_try_unshare(a);
+    if (dec == 0)
+        return;
     jl_array_del_at_beg(a, 0, dec, n);
 }
 
@@ -1009,6 +1011,8 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_array_del_end(jl_array_t *a, size_t dec)
         jl_bounds_error_int((jl_value_t*)a, 0);
     if (__unlikely(a->flags.isshared))
         array_try_unshare(a);
+    if (dec == 0)
+        return;
     jl_array_del_at_end(a, n - dec, dec, n);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/strings/basic.jl b/test/strings/basic.jl
index 5b7e2b8b24c05..febd6ce0e8ea9 100644
--- a/test/strings/basic.jl
+++ b/test/strings/basic.jl
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ using Random
     @test String("abc!") == "abc!"
     @test String(0x61:0x63) == "abc"
 
+    # Check that resizing empty source vector does not corrupt string
+    b = IOBuffer()
+    write(b, "ab")
+    x = take!(b)
+    s = String(x)
+    resize!(x, 0)
+    empty!(x) # Another method which must be tested
+    @test s == "ab"
+    resize!(x, 1)
+    @test s == "ab"
+
     @test isempty(string())
     @test eltype(GenericString) == Char
     @test firstindex("abc") == 1