diff --git a/base/abstractarraymath.jl b/base/abstractarraymath.jl
index 9e6cd7af7ca23..e5ca36f71ac0a 100644
--- a/base/abstractarraymath.jl
+++ b/base/abstractarraymath.jl
@@ -377,7 +377,8 @@ _reperr(s, n, N) = throw(ArgumentError("number of " * s * " repetitions " *
 
     # fill the first inner block
     if all(x -> x == 1, inner)
-        R[axes(A)...] = A
+        idxs = (axes(A)..., ntuple(n->OneTo(1), ndims(R)-ndims(A))...) # keep dimension consistent
+        R[idxs...] = A
     else
         inner_indices = [1:n for n in inner]
         for c in CartesianIndices(axes(A))
diff --git a/test/arrayops.jl b/test/arrayops.jl
index b15bcc3779fde..9ccccb9817fa1 100644
--- a/test/arrayops.jl
+++ b/test/arrayops.jl
@@ -699,6 +699,12 @@ end
     @test_throws MethodError repeat(1, 2, 3)
     @test repeat([1, 2], 1, 2, 3) == repeat([1, 2], outer = (1, 2, 3))
 
+    # issue 29614
+    @test repeat(ones(2, 2), 1, 1, 1) == ones(2, 2, 1)
+    @test repeat(ones(2, 2), 2, 2, 2) == ones(4, 4, 2)
+    @test repeat(ones(2), 2, 2, 2) == ones(4, 2, 2)
+    @test repeat(ones(2, 2), inner=(1, 1, 1), outer=(2, 2, 2)) == ones(4, 4, 2)
+
     R = repeat([1, 2])
     @test R == [1, 2]
     R = repeat([1, 2], inner=1)