diff --git a/src/fsharp/TypeChecker.fs b/src/fsharp/TypeChecker.fs
index 0cb1515cbf..6f94be6fce 100755
--- a/src/fsharp/TypeChecker.fs
+++ b/src/fsharp/TypeChecker.fs
@@ -5535,7 +5535,6 @@ and TcPat warnOnUpper cenv env topValInfo vFlags (tpenv, names, takenNames) ty p
                     errorR (Error (FSComp.SR.tcUnionCaseDoesNotTakeArguments (), m))
                     [], args
 
-
                 | arg :: rest when numArgTys = 1 ->
                     if numArgTys = 1 && not (List.isEmpty rest) then
                         errorR (Error (FSComp.SR.tcUnionCaseRequiresOneArgument (), m))
@@ -5544,23 +5543,24 @@ and TcPat warnOnUpper cenv env topValInfo vFlags (tpenv, names, takenNames) ty p
                 | [arg] -> [arg], []
 
                 | args ->
-                    errorR (Error (FSComp.SR.tcUnionCaseExpectsTupledArguments numArgTys, m))
                     [], args
 
             let args, extraPatterns =
                 let numArgs = args.Length
                 if numArgs = numArgTys then
                     args, extraPatterns
+                elif numArgs < numArgTys then
+                    if numArgTys > 1 then
+                        // Expects tuple without enough args
+                        errorR (Error (FSComp.SR.tcUnionCaseExpectsTupledArguments numArgTys, m))
+                    else                        
+                        errorR (UnionCaseWrongArguments (env.DisplayEnv, numArgTys, numArgs, m))
+                    args @ (List.init (numArgTys - numArgs) (fun _ -> SynPat.Wild (m.MakeSynthetic()))), extraPatterns
                 else
-                    if numArgs < numArgTys then
-                        if numArgs <> 0 && numArgTys <> 0 then
-                            errorR (UnionCaseWrongArguments (env.DisplayEnv, numArgTys, numArgs, m))
-                        args @ (List.init (numArgTys - numArgs) (fun _ -> SynPat.Wild (m.MakeSynthetic()))), extraPatterns
-                    else
-                        let args, remaining = args |> List.splitAt numArgTys
-                        for remainingArg in remaining do
-                            errorR (UnionCaseWrongArguments (env.DisplayEnv, numArgTys, numArgs, remainingArg.Range))
-                        args, extraPatterns @ remaining
+                    let args, remaining = args |> List.splitAt numArgTys
+                    for remainingArg in remaining do
+                        errorR (UnionCaseWrongArguments (env.DisplayEnv, numArgTys, numArgs, remainingArg.Range))
+                    args, extraPatterns @ remaining
 
             let extraPatterns = extraPatterns @ extraPatternsFromNames
             let args', acc = TcPatterns warnOnUpper cenv env vFlags (tpenv, names, takenNames) argTys args
diff --git a/tests/service/PatternMatchCompilationTests.fs b/tests/service/PatternMatchCompilationTests.fs
index 60f6327d3c..b426147393 100644
--- a/tests/service/PatternMatchCompilationTests.fs
+++ b/tests/service/PatternMatchCompilationTests.fs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ match A with
 """
     assertHasSymbolUsages ["x"; "y"] checkResults
     dumpErrors checkResults |> shouldEqual [
-        "(7,2--7,10): This constructor is applied to 2 argument(s) but expects 3"
+        "(7,2--7,10): This union case expects 3 arguments in tupled form"        
         "(6,6--6,7): Incomplete pattern matches on this expression. For example, the value 'A' may indicate a case not covered by the pattern(s)."
     ]
 
@@ -257,6 +257,23 @@ match TraceLevel.Off with
     ]
 
 
+[<Test>]
+let ``Caseless DU`` () =
+    let _, checkResults = getParseAndCheckResults """
+type DU = Case of int
+
+let f du =
+    match du with
+    | Case -> ()
+
+let dowork () =
+    f (Case 1)
+    0 // return an integer exit code"""
+    assertHasSymbolUsages ["DU"; "dowork"; "du"; "f"] checkResults
+    dumpErrors checkResults |> shouldEqual [
+        "(6,6--6,10): This constructor is applied to 0 argument(s) but expects 1"
+    ]
+    
 [<Test>]
 let ``Or 01 - No errors`` () =
     let _, checkResults = getParseAndCheckResults """