diff --git a/src/range.jl b/src/range.jl
index cbdeef8b..fbcd3e36 100644
--- a/src/range.jl
+++ b/src/range.jl
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ _colon(::Any, ::Any, start::T, step, stop::T) where {T} =
 *(x::Base.TwicePrecision, y::Units) = Base.TwicePrecision(x.hi*y, x.lo*y)
 *(x::Base.TwicePrecision, y::Quantity) = (x * ustrip(y)) * unit(y)
 uconvert(y, x::Base.TwicePrecision) = Base.TwicePrecision(uconvert(y, x.hi), uconvert(y, x.lo))
+@inline upreferred(x::Base.TwicePrecision{T}) where T<:Number = x
+@inline upreferred(x::Base.TwicePrecision{T}) where T<:AbstractQuantity =
+    uconvert(upreferred(unit(x)), x)
 
 colon(start::T, step::T, stop::T) where {T<:Quantity{<:Base.IEEEFloat}} =
     colon(ustrip(start), ustrip(step), ustrip(stop)) * unit(T) # This will always return a StepRangeLen
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index d443a95f..952a4d5d 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1214,6 +1214,11 @@ end
             @test @inferred((1:2:5) .* cm .|> mm) === 10mm:20mm:50mm
             @test mm.((1:2:5) .* cm) === 10mm:20mm:50mm
             @test @inferred((1:2:5) .* km .|> upreferred) === 1000m:2000m:5000m
+            @test @inferred((1:2:5)km .|> upreferred) === 1000m:2000m:5000m
+            @test @inferred((1:2:5) .|> upreferred) === 1:2:5
+            @test @inferred((1.0:2.0:5.0) .* km .|> upreferred) === 1000.0m:2000.0m:5000.0m
+            @test @inferred((1.0:2.0:5.0)km .|> upreferred) === 1000.0m:2000.0m:5000.0m
+            @test @inferred((1.0:2.0:5.0) .|> upreferred) === 1.0:2.0:5.0
             @test @inferred((1:2:5) .* cm .|> mm .|> ustrip) === 10:20:50
             @test @inferred((1f0:2f0:5f0) .* cm .|> mm .|> ustrip) === 10f0:20f0:50f0
         end