diff --git a/statsmodels/stats/tests/test_weightstats.py b/statsmodels/stats/tests/test_weightstats.py
index 093205005f3..40c54ffc156 100644
--- a/statsmodels/stats/tests/test_weightstats.py
+++ b/statsmodels/stats/tests/test_weightstats.py
@@ -760,3 +760,10 @@ def test(self):
 
             ci = d1.zconfint_mean(alternative=alternatives[tc.alternative])
             assert_allclose(ci, tc_conf_int, rtol=1e-10)
+
+
+def test_weightstats_len_1():
+    x1 = [1]
+    w1 = [1]
+    d1 = DescrStatsW(x1, w1)
+    assert (d1.quantile([0.0, 0.5, 1.0]) == 1).all()
diff --git a/statsmodels/stats/weightstats.py b/statsmodels/stats/weightstats.py
index 56a271a16d5..52d0395764a 100644
--- a/statsmodels/stats/weightstats.py
+++ b/statsmodels/stats/weightstats.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def __init__(self, data, weights=None, ddof=0):
         else:
             self.weights = np.asarray(weights).astype(float)
             # TODO: why squeeze?
-            if len(weights.shape) > 1:
+            if len(self.weights.shape) > 1:
                 self.weights = self.weights.squeeze()
         self.ddof = ddof