diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/dense.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/dense.jl
index bcf9443f7632c..0689eee635330 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/dense.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/dense.jl
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ function nullspace(A::AbstractVecOrMat; atol::Real = 0.0, rtol::Real = (min(size
     SVD = svd(A; full=true)
     tol = max(atol, SVD.S[1]*rtol)
     indstart = sum(s -> s .> tol, SVD.S) + 1
-    return copy(SVD.Vt[indstart:end,:]')
+    return copy((@view SVD.Vt[indstart:end,:])')
 end
 
 """