diff --git a/Basic/lib/PDL/Core/pdlapi.c b/Basic/lib/PDL/Core/pdlapi.c
index d0a90258f..617c09ad5 100644
--- a/Basic/lib/PDL/Core/pdlapi.c
+++ b/Basic/lib/PDL/Core/pdlapi.c
@@ -131,13 +131,16 @@ pdl *pdl_scalar(PDL_Anyval anyval) {
 }
 
 pdl *pdl_get_convertedpdl(pdl *old,int type) {
-	PDLDEBUG_f(printf("pdl_get_convertedpdl\n"));
-	if(old->datatype == type) return old;
-	pdl *it = pdl_pdlnew();
-	if (!it) return it;
-	pdl_error PDL_err = pdl_converttypei_new(old,it,type);
-	if (PDL_err.error) { pdl_destroy(it); return NULL; }
-	return it;
+  PDLDEBUG_f(printf("pdl_get_convertedpdl\n"));
+  if(old->datatype == type) return old;
+  char was_flowing = (old->state & PDL_DATAFLOW_F);
+  pdl *it = pdl_pdlnew();
+  if (!it) return it;
+  pdl_error PDL_err = pdl_converttypei_new(old,it,type);
+  if (PDL_err.error) { pdl_destroy(it); return NULL; }
+  if (was_flowing)
+    it->state |= PDL_DATAFLOW_F;
+  return it;
 }
 
 pdl_error pdl_allocdata(pdl *it) {
diff --git a/Basic/t/core.t b/Basic/t/core.t
index ad1de999d..b78772745 100644
--- a/Basic/t/core.t
+++ b/Basic/t/core.t
@@ -803,6 +803,8 @@ my $oneway_slice = $y->slice('0:1');
 is "$oneway_slice", '[4 5]';
 eval {$oneway_slice .= 11};
 isnt $@, '', 'error on assigning into one-way slice';
+my $c = $y->flowing->_convert_int(cdouble->enum);
+ok $c->fflows, 'flowing -> converted has "flowing" on';
 }
 
 my $notouch = sequence(4);