diff --git a/src/pullbacks/eig.jl b/src/pullbacks/eig.jl
index 427aaf55..6ed02354 100755
--- a/src/pullbacks/eig.jl
+++ b/src/pullbacks/eig.jl
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ function check_and_prepare_eig_cotangents(
     if !iszerotangent(ΔV)
         n == size(ΔV, 1) || throw(DimensionMismatch())
         length(indV) == size(ΔV, 2) || throw(DimensionMismatch())
-        ΔV₁ = zero(V)
-        ΔV₁[:, indV] = ΔV
+        if indV == 1:p
+            ΔV₁ = copy(ΔV)
+        else
+            ΔV₁ = zero(V)
+            ΔV₁[:, indV] = ΔV
+        end
         VᴴΔV₁ = V' * ΔV₁
         if p == n
             ΔV₊ = zero!(ΔV₁)
diff --git a/src/pullbacks/eigh.jl b/src/pullbacks/eigh.jl
index cc986907..e9ac87ae 100755
--- a/src/pullbacks/eigh.jl
+++ b/src/pullbacks/eigh.jl
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ function check_and_prepare_eigh_cotangents(
     if !iszerotangent(ΔV)
         n == size(ΔV, 1) || throw(DimensionMismatch())
         length(indV) == size(ΔV, 2) || throw(DimensionMismatch())
-        ΔV₁ = zero(V)
-        ΔV₁[:, indV] = ΔV
+        if indV == 1:p
+            ΔV₁ = copy(ΔV)
+        else
+            ΔV₁ = zero(V)
+            ΔV₁[:, indV] = ΔV
+        end
         VᴴΔV₁ = V' * ΔV₁
         if p == n
             ΔV₊ = zero!(ΔV₁)