diff --git a/src/uu/df/src/blocks.rs b/src/uu/df/src/blocks.rs
index f49650472..e964a208a 100644
--- a/src/uu/df/src/blocks.rs
+++ b/src/uu/df/src/blocks.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ fn to_magnitude_and_suffix_1024(n: u128) -> Result<String, ()> {
     Err(())
 }
 
-/// Convert a number, except multiples of 1024, into a string like "12kB" or "34MB".
+/// Convert a number into a string like "12kB" or "34MB".
 ///
 /// Powers of 1000 become "1kB", "1MB", "1GB", etc.
 ///
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ fn to_magnitude_and_suffix_not_powers_of_1024(n: u128) -> Result<String, ()> {
 ///
 /// If the number is too large to represent.
 fn to_magnitude_and_suffix(n: u128) -> Result<String, ()> {
-    if n % 1024 == 0 {
+    if n % 1024 == 0 && n % 1000 != 0 {
         to_magnitude_and_suffix_1024(n)
     } else {
         to_magnitude_and_suffix_not_powers_of_1024(n)
@@ -239,6 +239,13 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(to_magnitude_and_suffix(1_000_000_001).unwrap(), "1.1GB");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_to_magnitude_and_suffix_multiples_of_1000_and_1024() {
+        assert_eq!(to_magnitude_and_suffix(128_000).unwrap(), "128kB");
+        assert_eq!(to_magnitude_and_suffix(1000 * 1024).unwrap(), "1.1MB");
+        assert_eq!(to_magnitude_and_suffix(1_000_000_000_000).unwrap(), "1TB");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_block_size_display() {
         assert_eq!(format!("{}", BlockSize::Bytes(1024)), "1K");
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_df.rs b/tests/by-util/test_df.rs
index f03a71a7b..511956ec4 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_df.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_df.rs
@@ -392,6 +392,11 @@ fn test_block_size_1024() {
     assert_eq!(get_header(2 * 1024 * 1024), "2M-blocks");
     assert_eq!(get_header(1024 * 1024 * 1024), "1G-blocks");
     assert_eq!(get_header(34 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024), "34G-blocks");
+
+    // multiples of both 1024 and 1000
+    assert_eq!(get_header(128_000), "128kB-blocks");
+    assert_eq!(get_header(1000 * 1024), "1.1MB-blocks");
+    assert_eq!(get_header(1_000_000_000_000), "1TB-blocks");
 }
 
 #[test]