diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8110444137..9a75efd12a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 1.13.4
+
+ * Fix single spread element returning itself.
+
 # 1.13.3
 
  * Upgrade `acorn-6to5`.
diff --git a/lib/6to5/transformation/transformers/es6-spread.js b/lib/6to5/transformation/transformers/es6-spread.js
index f54a3a417b..20f2165bda 100644
--- a/lib/6to5/transformation/transformers/es6-spread.js
+++ b/lib/6to5/transformation/transformers/es6-spread.js
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ exports.ArrayExpression = function (node, parent, file) {
   var nodes = build(elements, file);
   var first = nodes.shift();
 
-  if (!nodes.length) return first;
+  if (!t.isArrayExpression(first)) {
+    nodes.unshift(first);
+    first = t.arrayExpression([]);
+  }
 
   return t.callExpression(t.memberExpression(first, t.identifier("concat")), nodes);
 };
diff --git a/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-spread/array-literal-first/expected.js b/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-spread/array-literal-first/expected.js
index a07cb0411f..05d2c2e6f8 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-spread/array-literal-first/expected.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-spread/array-literal-first/expected.js
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ var _toArray = function (arr) {
   return Array.isArray(arr) ? arr : Array.from(arr);
 };
 
-var lyrics = _toArray(parts).concat(["head", "and", "toes"]);
+var lyrics = [].concat(_toArray(parts), ["head", "and", "toes"]);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-spread/single/expected.js b/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-spread/single/expected.js
index 8c8592f34d..d928b5e845 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-spread/single/expected.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-spread/single/expected.js
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ var _toArray = function (arr) {
   return Array.isArray(arr) ? arr : Array.from(arr);
 };
 
-_toArray(foo);
+[].concat(_toArray(foo));