diff --git a/pandas/core/common.py b/pandas/core/common.py
index 48fb75f59ac34..07b0b8da55786 100644
--- a/pandas/core/common.py
+++ b/pandas/core/common.py
@@ -1543,7 +1543,8 @@ def _interp_limit(invalid, limit):
         inds = inds[firstIndex:]
 
         result[firstIndex:][invalid] = np.interp(inds[invalid], inds[valid],
-                                                 yvalues[firstIndex:][valid])
+                                                 yvalues[firstIndex:][valid],
+                                                 np.nan, np.nan)
 
         if limit:
             result[violate_limit] = np.nan
diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_common.py b/pandas/tests/test_common.py
index 5e91adbe1a2fa..d909420e107e7 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_common.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_common.py
@@ -389,6 +389,12 @@ def test_groupby():
 
     for k, v in grouped:
         assert v == expected[k]
+        
+
+def test_interpolate_linear():
+    a = Series([np.nan, 1, np.nan, 3, np.nan]))
+    b = a.interpolate()
+    assert(b[4] == np.nan)
 
 
 def test_is_list_like():