diff --git a/src/hash/maphash/maphash.go b/src/hash/maphash/maphash.go
index 4fef88e8ee..d99ed26a14 100644
--- a/src/hash/maphash/maphash.go
+++ b/src/hash/maphash/maphash.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ type Hash struct {
 // which does call h.initSeed.)
 func (h *Hash) initSeed() {
 	if h.seed.s == 0 {
-		h.SetSeed(MakeSeed())
+		h.setSeed(MakeSeed())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -124,12 +124,17 @@ func (h *Hash) Seed() Seed {
 // Two Hash objects with different seeds will very likely behave differently.
 // Any bytes added to h before this call will be discarded.
 func (h *Hash) SetSeed(seed Seed) {
+	h.setSeed(seed)
+	h.n = 0
+}
+
+// setSeed sets seed without discarding accumulated data
+func (h *Hash) setSeed(seed Seed) {
 	if seed.s == 0 {
 		panic("maphash: use of uninitialized Seed")
 	}
 	h.seed = seed
 	h.state = seed
-	h.n = 0
 }
 
 // Reset discards all bytes added to h.
diff --git a/src/hash/maphash/maphash_test.go b/src/hash/maphash/maphash_test.go
index 31d84a3b50..0164a9e20a 100644
--- a/src/hash/maphash/maphash_test.go
+++ b/src/hash/maphash/maphash_test.go
@@ -83,6 +83,29 @@ func TestHashHighBytes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRepeat(t *testing.T) {
+	h1 := new(Hash)
+	h1.WriteString("testing")
+	sum1 := h1.Sum64()
+
+	h1.Reset()
+	h1.WriteString("testing")
+	sum2 := h1.Sum64()
+
+	if sum1 != sum2 {
+		t.Errorf("different sum after reseting: %#x != %#x", sum1, sum2)
+	}
+
+	h2 := new(Hash)
+	h2.SetSeed(h1.Seed())
+	h2.WriteString("testing")
+	sum3 := h2.Sum64()
+
+	if sum1 != sum3 {
+		t.Errorf("different sum on the same seed: %#x != %#x", sum1, sum3)
+	}
+}
+
 // Make sure a Hash implements the hash.Hash and hash.Hash64 interfaces.
 var _ hash.Hash = &Hash{}
 var _ hash.Hash64 = &Hash{}