diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/SparseVector.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/SparseVector.cs
index 318bacd9..952ca8b7 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/SparseVector.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/SparseVector.cs
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Complex
                 {
                     sparseResult.NonZerosCount = NonZerosCount;
                     sparseResult._nonZeroIndices = new int[NonZerosCount];
-                    Buffer.BlockCopy(_nonZeroIndices, 0, sparseResult._nonZeroIndices, 0, _nonZeroIndices.Length * Constants.SizeOfInt);
+                    Buffer.BlockCopy(_nonZeroIndices, 0, sparseResult._nonZeroIndices, 0, NonZerosCount * Constants.SizeOfInt);
                     sparseResult._nonZeroValues = new Complex[_nonZeroValues.Length];
                 }
                 
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/SparseVector.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/SparseVector.cs
index 753dc646..8fbe134e 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/SparseVector.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/SparseVector.cs
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Complex32
                 {
                     sparseResult.NonZerosCount = NonZerosCount;
                     sparseResult._nonZeroIndices = new int[NonZerosCount];
-                    Buffer.BlockCopy(_nonZeroIndices, 0, sparseResult._nonZeroIndices, 0, _nonZeroIndices.Length * Constants.SizeOfInt);
+                    Buffer.BlockCopy(_nonZeroIndices, 0, sparseResult._nonZeroIndices, 0, NonZerosCount * Constants.SizeOfInt);
                     sparseResult._nonZeroValues = new Complex32[_nonZeroValues.Length];
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/SparseVector.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/SparseVector.cs
index d0d62eda..39c89fb7 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/SparseVector.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/SparseVector.cs
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Double
                 {
                     sparseResult.NonZerosCount = NonZerosCount;
                     sparseResult._nonZeroIndices = new int[NonZerosCount];
-                    Buffer.BlockCopy(_nonZeroIndices, 0, sparseResult._nonZeroIndices, 0, _nonZeroIndices.Length * Constants.SizeOfInt);
+                    Buffer.BlockCopy(_nonZeroIndices, 0, sparseResult._nonZeroIndices, 0, NonZerosCount * Constants.SizeOfInt);
                     sparseResult._nonZeroValues = new double[_nonZeroValues.Length];
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/SparseVector.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/SparseVector.cs
index ac5e8374..148da12b 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/SparseVector.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/SparseVector.cs
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Single
                 {
                     sparseResult.NonZerosCount = NonZerosCount;
                     sparseResult._nonZeroIndices = new int[NonZerosCount];
-                    Buffer.BlockCopy(_nonZeroIndices, 0, sparseResult._nonZeroIndices, 0, _nonZeroIndices.Length * Constants.SizeOfInt);
+                    Buffer.BlockCopy(_nonZeroIndices, 0, sparseResult._nonZeroIndices, 0, NonZerosCount * Constants.SizeOfInt);
                     sparseResult._nonZeroValues = new float[_nonZeroValues.Length];
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/UnitTests/LinearAlgebraTests/Complex/SparseVectorTest.cs b/src/UnitTests/LinearAlgebraTests/Complex/SparseVectorTest.cs
index 724feaff..bae3cc3b 100644
--- a/src/UnitTests/LinearAlgebraTests/Complex/SparseVectorTest.cs
+++ b/src/UnitTests/LinearAlgebraTests/Complex/SparseVectorTest.cs
@@ -373,5 +373,25 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.UnitTests.LinearAlgebraTests.Complex
 
             Assert.AreEqual(2, result.NonZerosCount);
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Test for issues #52. When setting previous non-zero values to zero,
+        /// DoMultiply would copy non-zero values to the result, but use the
+        /// length of nonzerovalues instead of NonZerosCount.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Test]
+        public void CanScaleAVectorWhenSettingPreviousNonzeroElementsToZero()
+        {
+            var vector = new SparseVector(20);
+            vector[10] = 1.0;
+            vector[11] = 2.0;
+            vector[11] = 0.0;
+
+            var scaled = new SparseVector(20);
+            vector.Multiply(3.0, scaled);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(3.0, scaled[10].Real);
+            Assert.AreEqual(0.0, scaled[11].Real);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/UnitTests/LinearAlgebraTests/Complex32/SparseVectorTest.cs b/src/UnitTests/LinearAlgebraTests/Complex32/SparseVectorTest.cs
index 765770cd..b0746766 100644
--- a/src/UnitTests/LinearAlgebraTests/Complex32/SparseVectorTest.cs
+++ b/src/UnitTests/LinearAlgebraTests/Complex32/SparseVectorTest.cs
@@ -373,5 +373,25 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.UnitTests.LinearAlgebraTests.Complex32
 
             Assert.AreEqual(2, result.NonZerosCount);
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Test for issues #52. When setting previous non-zero values to zero,
+        /// DoMultiply would copy non-zero values to the result, but use the
+        /// length of nonzerovalues instead of NonZerosCount.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Test]
+        public void CanScaleAVectorWhenSettingPreviousNonzeroElementsToZero()
+        {
+            var vector = new SparseVector(20);
+            vector[10] = 1.0f;
+            vector[11] = 2.0f;
+            vector[11] = 0.0f;
+
+            var scaled = new SparseVector(20);
+            vector.Multiply(3.0f, scaled);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(3.0f, scaled[10].Real);
+            Assert.AreEqual(0.0f, scaled[11].Real);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/UnitTests/LinearAlgebraTests/Double/SparseVectorTest.cs b/src/UnitTests/LinearAlgebraTests/Double/SparseVectorTest.cs
index df81ebf7..52b8bcf5 100644
--- a/src/UnitTests/LinearAlgebraTests/Double/SparseVectorTest.cs
+++ b/src/UnitTests/LinearAlgebraTests/Double/SparseVectorTest.cs
@@ -399,5 +399,25 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.UnitTests.LinearAlgebraTests.Double
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Test for issues #52. When setting previous non-zero values to zero,
+        /// DoMultiply would copy non-zero values to the result, but use the
+        /// length of nonzerovalues instead of NonZerosCount.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Test]
+        public void CanScaleAVectorWhenSettingPreviousNonzeroElementsToZero()
+        {
+            var vector = new SparseVector(20);
+            vector[10] = 1.0;
+            vector[11] = 2.0;
+            vector[11] = 0.0;
+
+            var scaled = new SparseVector(20);
+            vector.Multiply(3.0, scaled);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(3.0, scaled[10]);
+            Assert.AreEqual(0.0, scaled[11]);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/UnitTests/LinearAlgebraTests/Single/SparseVectorTest.cs b/src/UnitTests/LinearAlgebraTests/Single/SparseVectorTest.cs
index 6bef3733..435632e0 100644
--- a/src/UnitTests/LinearAlgebraTests/Single/SparseVectorTest.cs
+++ b/src/UnitTests/LinearAlgebraTests/Single/SparseVectorTest.cs
@@ -372,5 +372,25 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.UnitTests.LinearAlgebraTests.Single
 
             Assert.AreEqual(2, result.NonZerosCount);
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Test for issues #52. When setting previous non-zero values to zero,
+        /// DoMultiply would copy non-zero values to the result, but use the
+        /// length of nonzerovalues instead of NonZerosCount.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Test]
+        public void CanScaleAVectorWhenSettingPreviousNonzeroElementsToZero()
+        {
+            var vector = new SparseVector(20);
+            vector[10] = 1.0f;
+            vector[11] = 2.0f;
+            vector[11] = 0.0f;
+
+            var scaled = new SparseVector(20);
+            vector.Multiply(3.0f, scaled);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(3.0f, scaled[10]);
+            Assert.AreEqual(0.0f, scaled[11]);
+        }
     }
 }