diff --git a/src/LinearAlgebra.jl b/src/LinearAlgebra.jl
index 30aa23d0..a2f9e39b 100644
--- a/src/LinearAlgebra.jl
+++ b/src/LinearAlgebra.jl
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import Base: USE_BLAS64, abs, acos, acosh, acot, acoth, acsc, acsch, adjoint, as
     IndexStyle, kron, kron!, length, log, map, ndims, one, oneunit, parent, permutecols!,
     permutedims, permuterows!, power_by_squaring, promote_rule, real, isreal, sec, sech, setindex!,
     show, similar, sin, sincos, sinh, size, sqrt, strides, stride, tan, tanh, transpose, trunc,
-    typed_hcat, vec, view, zero
+    typed_hcat, vec, view, zero, CartesianIndex
 import Base: AbstractArray, AbstractMatrix, Array, Matrix
 using Base: IndexLinear, promote_eltype, promote_op, print_matrix,
     @propagate_inbounds, reduce, typed_hvcat, typed_vcat, require_one_based_indexing,
@@ -508,21 +508,29 @@ struct BandIndex
     band :: Int
     index :: Int
 end
-function _cartinds(b::BandIndex)
+function _torowcol(b::BandIndex)
     (; band, index) = b
-    bandg0 = max(band,0)
-    row = index - band + bandg0
-    col = index + bandg0
-    CartesianIndex(row, col)
+    minband0, maxband0 = minmax(band,0)
+    row = index - minband0
+    col = index + maxband0
+    row, col
 end
-function Base.to_indices(A, inds, t::Tuple{BandIndex, Vararg{Any}})
-    to_indices(A, inds, (_cartinds(first(t)), Base.tail(t)...))
+CartesianIndex(b::BandIndex) = CartesianIndex{2}(b)
+CartesianIndex{2}(b::BandIndex) = CartesianIndex{2}(_torowcol(b))
+function BandIndex(c::CartesianIndex{2})
+    row, col = Tuple(c)
+    band = col - row
+    index = min(row, col)
+    BandIndex(band, index)
+end
+function Base.to_indices(A, inds, t::Tuple{BandIndex, Vararg})
+    to_indices(A, inds, (_torowcol(first(t))..., Base.tail(t)...))
 end
 function Base.checkbounds(::Type{Bool}, A::AbstractMatrix, b::BandIndex)
-    checkbounds(Bool, A, _cartinds(b))
+    checkbounds(Bool, A, _torowcol(b)...)
 end
 function Base.checkbounds(A::Broadcasted, b::BandIndex)
-    checkbounds(A, _cartinds(b))
+    checkbounds(A, CartesianIndex(b))
 end
 
 include("adjtrans.jl")
diff --git a/src/structuredbroadcast.jl b/src/structuredbroadcast.jl
index 2c1e7bfa..f2cfc74a 100644
--- a/src/structuredbroadcast.jl
+++ b/src/structuredbroadcast.jl
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ isvalidstructbc(dest::Bidiagonal, bc::Broadcasted{StructuredMatrixStyle{Bidiagon
     @inbounds Broadcast._broadcast_getindex(bc, b)
 end
 
-Broadcast.newindex(A, b::BandIndex) = Broadcast.newindex(A, _cartinds(b))
+Broadcast.newindex(A, b::BandIndex) = Broadcast.newindex(A, CartesianIndex(b))
 function Broadcast.newindex(A::StructuredMatrix, b::BandIndex)
     # we use the fact that a StructuredMatrix is square,
     # and we apply newindex to both the axes at once to obtain the result
diff --git a/test/special.jl b/test/special.jl
index a337983c..aaad97b3 100644
--- a/test/special.jl
+++ b/test/special.jl
@@ -764,6 +764,12 @@ end
         end
         @test_throws BoundsError D[BandIndex(size(D,1),1)]
     end
+    @testset "BandIndex to CartesianIndex" begin
+        b = BandIndex(1, 2)
+        c = CartesianIndex(b)
+        @test c == CartesianIndex(2, 3)
+        @test BandIndex(c) == b
+    end
 end
 
 @testset "Partly filled Hermitian and Diagonal algebra" begin