diff --git a/src/manifolds/Circle.jl b/src/manifolds/Circle.jl
index ba0c68d33f..c6b2d7a2f3 100644
--- a/src/manifolds/Circle.jl
+++ b/src/manifolds/Circle.jl
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ function Base.exp(M::Circle{ℂ}, p::Number, X::Number, t::Number)
 end
 
 exp!(::Circle{ℝ}, q, p, X) = (q .= sym_rem(p + X))
-exp!(::Circle{ℝ}, q, p, X, t::Number) = (q .= sym_rem(p + t * X))
+exp!(::Circle{ℝ}, q, p, X, t::Number) = (q .= sym_rem(p[] + t * X[]))
 function exp!(M::Circle{ℂ}, q, p, X)
     θ = norm(M, p, X)
     q .= cos(θ) * p + usinc(θ) * X
diff --git a/test/manifolds/circle.jl b/test/manifolds/circle.jl
index 07d3eddb6d..46bfe9d226 100644
--- a/test/manifolds/circle.jl
+++ b/test/manifolds/circle.jl
@@ -288,4 +288,10 @@ using Manifolds: TFVector, CoTFVector
             )
         end
     end
+    @testset "Mixed array dimensions for exp" begin
+        M = Circle()
+        p = fill(0.0)
+        exp!(M, p, p, [1.0], 2.0)
+        @test p ≈ fill(2.0)
+    end
 end