diff --git a/src/vector_of_array.jl b/src/vector_of_array.jl
index 8b7172d4..e32d4ddd 100644
--- a/src/vector_of_array.jl
+++ b/src/vector_of_array.jl
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Base.@propagate_inbounds function Base.getindex(A::AbstractDiffEqArray{T, N},sym
   end
 
   if i === nothing
-    if issymbollike(i) && A.indepsym !== nothing && Symbol(i) == A.indepsym
+    if issymbollike(sym) && A.indepsym !== nothing && Symbol(sym) == A.indepsym
       A.t
     else
       observed(A,sym,:)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Base.@propagate_inbounds function Base.getindex(A::AbstractDiffEqArray{T, N},sym
   end
 
   if i === nothing
-    if issymbollike(i) && A.indepsym !== nothing && Symbol(i) == A.indepsym
+    if issymbollike(sym) && A.indepsym !== nothing && Symbol(sym) == A.indepsym
       A.t[args...]
     else
       observed(A,sym,args...)
diff --git a/test/downstream/symbol_indexing.jl b/test/downstream/symbol_indexing.jl
index ecabac6a..7f32198e 100644
--- a/test/downstream/symbol_indexing.jl
+++ b/test/downstream/symbol_indexing.jl
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ sol_new = DiffEqArray(
 )
 
 @test sol_new[RHS] ≈ (1 .- sol_new[x])./3.0
+@test sol_new[t] ≈ sol_new.t
+@test sol_new[t, 1:5] ≈ sol_new.t[1:5]
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