diff --git a/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/detail/equals/collect_vectors.hpp b/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/detail/equals/collect_vectors.hpp
index 54f0eaf22..c809f0064 100644
--- a/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/detail/equals/collect_vectors.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/detail/equals/collect_vectors.hpp
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ struct range_collect_vectors
             return;
         }
 
+        typedef boost::range_size<Collection>::type collection_size_t;
+        collection_size_t c_old_size = boost::size(collection);
+
         typedef typename boost::range_iterator<Range const>::type iterator;
 
         bool first = true;
@@ -150,10 +153,14 @@ struct range_collect_vectors
         }
 
         // If first one has same direction as last one, remove first one
-        if (boost::size(collection) > 1
-            && collection.front().same_direction(collection.back()))
+        collection_size_t collected_count = boost::size(collection) - c_old_size;
+        if ( collected_count > 1 )
         {
-            collection.erase(collection.begin());
+            typedef typename boost::range_iterator<Collection>::type c_iterator;
+            c_iterator first = collection.begin() + c_old_size;
+
+            if ( first->same_direction(collection.back()) )
+                collection.erase(first);
         }
     }
 };
diff --git a/test/algorithms/equals.cpp b/test/algorithms/equals.cpp
index c651b13ee..4ba31d64c 100644
--- a/test/algorithms/equals.cpp
+++ b/test/algorithms/equals.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ void test_all()
     // Is this equal? To be decided.
     //test_geometry<linestring, linestring>("ls1", "LINESTRING(1 1,2 2)", "LINESTRING(2 2,1 1)", true);
 
+    test_geometry<polygon, polygon>("poly_holes_shifted_points",
+        "POLYGON((0 0,0 3,3 3,3 0,0 0),(1 1,2 1,2 2,1 2,1 1))",
+        "POLYGON((0 0,0 3,3 3,3 0,0 0),(2 2,1 2,1 1,2 1,2 2))", true);
 }