diff --git a/src/solvers/cholmod.jl b/src/solvers/cholmod.jl
index 2e7d2be8..faae83ab 100644
--- a/src/solvers/cholmod.jl
+++ b/src/solvers/cholmod.jl
@@ -1671,6 +1671,11 @@ function check_hermitian_stype(A::Sparse)
         throw(ArgumentError("sparse matrix is not symmetric/Hermitian"))
     return nothing
 end
+function check_refactor_size(F::Factor, A::Sparse)
+    size(A) == size(F) || throw(DimensionMismatch(
+        "matrix has size $(size(A)), but the factorization has size $(size(F))"))
+    return nothing
+end
 
 ## Compute that symbolic factorization only
 function symbolic(A::Sparse{<:VTypes, Ti};
@@ -1710,6 +1715,7 @@ function cholesky!(F::Factor{Tv}, A::Sparse{Tv};
                    shift::Real=0.0, check::Bool = true) where Tv
     check_hermitian_stype(A)
     @lock F.lock begin
+        check_refactor_size(F, A)
         @cholmod_param final_ll = true begin
             factorize_p!(A, shift, F)
         end
@@ -1901,6 +1907,7 @@ function ldlt!(F::Factor{Tv}, A::Sparse{Tv};
                shift::Real=0.0, check::Bool = true) where Tv
     check_hermitian_stype(A)
     @lock F.lock begin
+        check_refactor_size(F, A)
         change_factor!(F, false, false, true, false)
         factorize_p!(A, shift, F)
         check && (issuccess(F) || throw(factorization_exception(F)))
diff --git a/test/solvers/issues.jl b/test/solvers/issues.jl
index 588c8acb..4d218bc3 100644
--- a/test/solvers/issues.jl
+++ b/test/solvers/issues.jl
@@ -214,6 +214,14 @@ end
     @test cholesky!(F, SparseMatrixCSC{Float64,Int16}(2A)) \ [1.0, 2.0, 3.0] ≈ (2A) \ [1.0, 2.0, 3.0]
 end
 
+@testset "ldlt! with a matrix of another size leaves an LLt factor unchanged" begin
+    A = sparse([4.0 1 0; 1 4 1; 0 1 4])
+    F = cholesky(A)
+    @test_throws DimensionMismatch ldlt!(F, sparse(1.0I, 4, 4))
+    @test :D ∉ propertynames(F)
+    @test F \ ones(3) ≈ A \ ones(3)
+end
+
 @testset "Issues #26367 and #26368" begin
     A = sparse([0.0 1 0 0; 0 0 0 0])
     F = qr(A)