diff --git a/src/linalg.jl b/src/linalg.jl
index c5befd1..4a1bbbe 100644
--- a/src/linalg.jl
+++ b/src/linalg.jl
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ function _threaded_blas_mul!(
     end
     nthreads1 = nthreads >> 1
     nthreads2 = nthreads - nthreads1
-    t = Threads.@spawn _threaded_blas_mul!(Chead, Ahead, CA, Bhead, CB, α, β, nthreads1)
+    t = Threads.@spawn _threaded_blas_mul!($Chead, $Ahead, CA, $Bhead, CB, α, β, nthreads1)
     _threaded_blas_mul!(Ctail, Atail, CA, Btail, CB, α, β, nthreads2)
     wait(t)
     return C
diff --git a/test/blasmultests.jl b/test/blasmultests.jl
index 45a30f2..af62bf0 100644
--- a/test/blasmultests.jl
+++ b/test/blasmultests.jl
@@ -96,3 +96,18 @@ end
     C1 = StridedView(copy(C))
     @test mul!(C, A, B, α, β) ≈ mul!(C1, A1, B1, α, β)
 end
+
+# small enough to never be split over threads, such that no tasks need to be spawned
+blasmul_allocations(C, A, B, α, β) = @allocated mul!(C, A, B, α, β)
+@testset "Matrix multiplication with StridedView does not allocate: $T" for T in (Float64, ComplexF64)
+    d = 8
+    A = StridedView(rand(T, (d, d)))
+    B = StridedView(rand(T, (d, d)))
+    C = StridedView(rand(T, (d, d)))
+    α = rand(T)
+    β = rand(T)
+    for op1 in (identity, conj, transpose, adjoint), op2 in (identity, conj, transpose, adjoint)
+        blasmul_allocations(C, op1(A), op2(B), α, β) # compile
+        @test blasmul_allocations(C, op1(A), op2(B), α, β) == 0
+    end
+end