diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/attributes/SpecialAttributesFunctions.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/attributes/SpecialAttributesFunctions.java
index bec22d65269c1232586d6a49194c628a18d0ba53..36731565a141e9677508a3976a03f5de771c95b4 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/attributes/SpecialAttributesFunctions.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/attributes/SpecialAttributesFunctions.java
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ public final class SpecialAttributesFunctions {
 
         public final boolean isSquareMatrix(RAbstractVector vector) {
             RIntVector dims = (RIntVector) execute(vector);
-            if (nullDimsProfile.profile(dims == null) || dims.getLength() < 2) {
+            if (nullDimsProfile.profile(dims == null) || dims.getLength() != 2) {
                 return false;
             }
             return dims.getDataAt(0) == dims.getDataAt(1);