diff --git a/base/serialize.jl b/base/serialize.jl
index 752d06da984d2..aeb6e89adb43a 100644
--- a/base/serialize.jl
+++ b/base/serialize.jl
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ function deserialize(s::SerializationState, ::Type{Function})
         f.env = deserialize(s)
         return f
     end
-    
+
     deserialize_cycle(s, f)
     return f
 end
diff --git a/test/serialize.jl b/test/serialize.jl
index 0d5a6554c04fc..1b63b7fe25734 100644
--- a/test/serialize.jl
+++ b/test/serialize.jl
@@ -280,16 +280,34 @@ create_serialization_stream() do s
 end
 
 # cycles
+module CycleFoo
+    echo(x)=x
+end
 create_serialization_stream() do s
-    A = Any[1,2,3,4,5]
+    echo(x) = x
+    afunc = (x)->x
+    A = Any[1,2,3,abs,abs,afunc,afunc,echo,echo,CycleFoo.echo,CycleFoo.echo,4,5]
     A[3] = A
     serialize(s, A)
     seekstart(s)
     b = deserialize(s)
     @test b[3] === b
     @test b[1] == 1
-    @test b[5] == 5
-    @test length(b) == 5
+    @test b[4] === abs
+    @test b[5] === b[4]
+    @test b[5](-1) == 1
+
+    @test b[6] === b[7]
+    @test b[6]("Hello") == "Hello"
+
+    @test b[8] === b[9]
+    @test b[8]("World") == "World"
+
+    @test b[10] === b[11]
+    @test b[10]("foobar") == "foobar"
+
+    @test b[end] == 5
+    @test length(b) == length(A)
     @test isa(b,Vector{Any})
 end