diff --git a/src/broadcast.jl b/src/broadcast.jl
index ec722b3..48b6d72 100644
--- a/src/broadcast.jl
+++ b/src/broadcast.jl
@@ -96,7 +96,13 @@ import BandedMatrices: _isweakzero
 function blockbandwidths(bc::Broadcasted)
     (a,b) = size(bc)
     bnds = (a-1,b-1)
-    _isweakzero(bc.f, bc.args...) && return min.(bnds, max.(_broadcast_blockbandwidths.(Ref(bnds), bc.args, Ref(axes(bc)))...))
+    if _isweakzero(bc.f, bc.args...)
+        ax = axes(bc)
+        t = map(bc.args) do x
+            _broadcast_blockbandwidths(bnds, x, ax)
+        end
+        return min.(bnds, max.(t...))
+    end
     bnds
 end
 
diff --git a/test/test_broadcasting.jl b/test/test_broadcasting.jl
index cf1c04b..06758fb 100644
--- a/test/test_broadcasting.jl
+++ b/test/test_broadcasting.jl
@@ -289,6 +289,14 @@ import Base: oneto
             @test C == A + A
         end
     end
+
+    @testset "blockbandwidths" begin
+        B = BlockArray(ones(6,6), 1:3, 1:3)
+        BB = BlockBandedMatrix(B, (1,1))
+        bc = Broadcast.broadcasted(+, BB, BB)
+        bbw = @inferred blockbandwidths(bc)
+        @test bbw == blockbandwidths(BB)
+    end
 end
 
 end # module