diff --git a/base/array.jl b/base/array.jl
index b1e67a91617f1..6e5b9b148a043 100644
--- a/base/array.jl
+++ b/base/array.jl
@@ -838,9 +838,9 @@ function getindex(A::Array, I::AbstractUnitRange{<:Integer})
     @_inline_meta
     @boundscheck checkbounds(A, I)
     lI = length(I)
-    X = similar(A, lI)
+    X = similar(A, axes(I))
     if lI > 0
-        unsafe_copyto!(X, 1, A, first(I), lI)
+        copyto!(X, firstindex(X), A, first(I), lI)
     end
     return X
 end
diff --git a/test/offsetarray.jl b/test/offsetarray.jl
index 50fe2fcef4c1f..96a44c71e5483 100644
--- a/test/offsetarray.jl
+++ b/test/offsetarray.jl
@@ -776,3 +776,13 @@ end
     strY = String(take!(io))
     @test strX == strY
 end
+
+@testset "vector indexing (issue #39896)" begin
+    a = collect(1:10)
+    r = Base.IdentityUnitRange(2:3)
+    b = a[r]
+    @test axes(b) == axes(r)
+    for i in r
+        @test b[i] == a[r[i]]
+    end
+end