diff --git a/src/net/cgrand/xforms.cljc b/src/net/cgrand/xforms.cljc
index 82135e0..20f165d 100644
--- a/src/net/cgrand/xforms.cljc
+++ b/src/net/cgrand/xforms.cljc
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@
        (unreduced-> (-> x# ~expr) ~@exprs)))))
 
 (defn- pair? [x] (and (vector? x) (= 2 (core/count x))))
-(defn- destructuring-pair? [x]
-  (and (pair? x) (not (or (keyword? x) (= '& x)))))
+(let [kw-or-& #(or (keyword? %) (= '& %))]
+  (defn- destructuring-pair? [x]
+    (and (pair? x)
+         (not (kw-or-& (first x))))))
 
 (defmacro for
  "Like clojure.core/for with the first expression being replaced by % (or _). Returns a transducer.
diff --git a/test/net/cgrand/xforms_test.cljc b/test/net/cgrand/xforms_test.cljc
index 5280cf3..9de3e74 100644
--- a/test/net/cgrand/xforms_test.cljc
+++ b/test/net/cgrand/xforms_test.cljc
@@ -142,3 +142,16 @@
   (is (= (reverse (range 100)) (x/into [] (x/sort >) (shuffle (range 100)))))
   (is (= (sort-by str (range 100)) (x/into [] (x/sort-by str) (shuffle (range 100)))))
   (is (= (sort-by str (comp - compare) (range 100)) (x/into [] (x/sort-by str (comp - compare)) (shuffle (range 100))))))
+
+(deftest destructuring-pair?
+  (let [destructuring-pair? #'x/destructuring-pair?]
+    (are [candidate expected]
+         (= expected (destructuring-pair? candidate))
+         '[a b] true
+         '[a b c] false
+         '[& foo] false
+         '[:as foo] false
+         1 false
+         '(a b) false
+         '{foo bar} false
+         '{foo :bar} false)))