diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/linalg/BLAS.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/linalg/BLAS.scala
index df9f4ae145b88..8f91d63b63d52 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/linalg/BLAS.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/linalg/BLAS.scala
@@ -638,12 +638,16 @@ private[spark] object BLAS extends Serializable with Logging {
         val indEnd = Arows(rowCounter + 1)
         var sum = 0.0
         var k = 0
-        while (k < xNnz && i < indEnd) {
+        while (i < indEnd && k < xNnz) {
           if (xIndices(k) == Acols(i)) {
             sum += Avals(i) * xValues(k)
+            k += 1
+            i += 1
+          } else if (xIndices(k) < Acols(i)) {
+            k += 1
+          } else {
             i += 1
           }
-          k += 1
         }
         yValues(rowCounter) = sum * alpha + beta * yValues(rowCounter)
         rowCounter += 1
diff --git a/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/linalg/BLASSuite.scala b/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/linalg/BLASSuite.scala
index 96e5ffef7a131..31c23c870fe9c 100644
--- a/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/linalg/BLASSuite.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/linalg/BLASSuite.scala
@@ -392,6 +392,23 @@ class BLASSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
       }
     }
 
+    val y17 = new DenseVector(Array(0.0, 0.0))
+    val y18 = y17.copy
+
+    val sA3 = new SparseMatrix(3, 2, Array(0, 2, 4), Array(1, 2, 0, 1), Array(2.0, 1.0, 1.0, 2.0))
+      .transpose
+    val sA4 =
+      new SparseMatrix(2, 3, Array(0, 1, 3, 4), Array(1, 0, 1, 0), Array(1.0, 2.0, 2.0, 1.0))
+    val sx3 = new SparseVector(3, Array(1, 2), Array(2.0, 1.0))
+
+    val expected4 = new DenseVector(Array(5.0, 4.0))
+
+    gemv(1.0, sA3, sx3, 0.0, y17)
+    gemv(1.0, sA4, sx3, 0.0, y18)
+
+    assert(y17 ~== expected4 absTol 1e-15)
+    assert(y18 ~== expected4 absTol 1e-15)
+
     val dAT =
       new DenseMatrix(3, 4, Array(0.0, 2.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 3.0))
     val sAT =