diff --git a/frame/1m/packm/bli_packm_part.c b/frame/1m/packm/bli_packm_part.c
index cf1215a77..376ae0f4f 100644
--- a/frame/1m/packm/bli_packm_part.c
+++ b/frame/1m/packm/bli_packm_part.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void bli_packm_acquire_mpart_t2b( subpart_t requested_part,
 
 	// Partitioning top-to-bottom through packed column panels (which are
 	// row-stored) is not yet supported.
-	if ( bli_obj_is_row_stored( *obj ) )
+	if ( bli_obj_is_row_packed( *obj ) )
 	{
 		bli_check_error_code( BLIS_NOT_YET_IMPLEMENTED );
 	}
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void bli_packm_acquire_mpart_l2r( subpart_t requested_part,
 
 	// Partitioning left-to-right through packed row panels (which are
 	// column-stored) is not yet supported.
-	if ( bli_obj_is_col_stored( *obj ) )
+	if ( bli_obj_is_col_packed( *obj ) )
 	{
 		bli_check_error_code( BLIS_NOT_YET_IMPLEMENTED );
 	}
diff --git a/frame/include/bli_obj_macro_defs.h b/frame/include/bli_obj_macro_defs.h
index d6655460e..c6d65f84c 100644
--- a/frame/include/bli_obj_macro_defs.h
+++ b/frame/include/bli_obj_macro_defs.h
@@ -581,19 +581,20 @@ bli_obj_width_stored( obj )
 \
 	( bli_abs( bli_obj_col_stride( obj ) ) )
 
+//
+// NOTE: The following two macros differ from their non-obj counterparts
+// in that they do not identify m x 1 and 1 x n objects as column-stored
+// and row-stored, respectively, which is needed when considering packed
+// objects. But this is okay, since none of the invocations of these
+// "obj" macros are used on packed matrices.
+//
 #define bli_obj_is_row_stored( obj ) \
 \
-	( bli_obj_col_stride_mag( obj ) == 1 && \
-	  ( bli_obj_row_stride_mag( obj ) > 1 || \
-	    bli_obj_width( obj )         == 1 ) \
-	)
+	( bli_obj_col_stride_mag( obj ) == 1 )
 
 #define bli_obj_is_col_stored( obj ) \
 \
-	( bli_obj_row_stride_mag( obj ) == 1 && \
-	  ( bli_obj_col_stride_mag( obj ) > 1 || \
-	    bli_obj_length( obj )        == 1 ) \
-	)
+	( bli_obj_row_stride_mag( obj ) == 1 )
 
 #define bli_obj_is_gen_stored( obj ) \
 \