diff --git a/src/strings/strings.go b/src/strings/strings.go
index 1dc4238522..d9c8936fc8 100644
--- a/src/strings/strings.go
+++ b/src/strings/strings.go
@@ -526,8 +526,11 @@ func Map(mapping func(rune) rune, s string) string {
 // It panics if count is negative or if
 // the result of (len(s) * count) overflows.
 func Repeat(s string, count int) string {
-	if count == 0 {
+	switch count {
+	case 0:
 		return ""
+	case 1:
+		return s
 	}
 
 	// Since we cannot return an error on overflow,
diff --git a/src/strings/strings_test.go b/src/strings/strings_test.go
index 9e7fb85ddf..1cda6546d0 100644
--- a/src/strings/strings_test.go
+++ b/src/strings/strings_test.go
@@ -1807,7 +1807,7 @@ func BenchmarkSplitNMultiByteSeparator(b *testing.B) {
 func BenchmarkRepeat(b *testing.B) {
 	s := "0123456789"
 	for _, n := range []int{5, 10} {
-		for _, c := range []int{1, 2, 6} {
+		for _, c := range []int{0, 1, 2, 6} {
 			b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%dx%d", n, c), func(b *testing.B) {
 				for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 					Repeat(s[:n], c)