diff --git a/__tests__/updateIn.ts b/__tests__/updateIn.ts
index e9a1a6691c..b3104832fe 100644
--- a/__tests__/updateIn.ts
+++ b/__tests__/updateIn.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,20 @@ describe('updateIn', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('deep set with numeric key 1', () => {
+    const m = fromJS({ a: { b: 1 } });
+    expect(m.updateIn(['a', 'c', 0], () => 20).toJS()).toEqual({
+      a: { b: 1, c: [20] },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('deep set with numeric key 2', () => {
+    const m = fromJS({});
+    expect(m.updateIn(['a', 0], () => 20).toJS()).toEqual({
+      a: [20],
+    });
+  });
+
   it('deep push', () => {
     const m = fromJS({ a: { b: [1, 2, 3] } });
     expect(m.updateIn(['a', 'b'], list => list.push(4)).toJS()).toEqual({
diff --git a/src/functional/updateIn.js b/src/functional/updateIn.js
index 695386ae00..65e2582cf7 100644
--- a/src/functional/updateIn.js
+++ b/src/functional/updateIn.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import isDataStructure from '../utils/isDataStructure';
 import quoteString from '../utils/quoteString';
 import { NOT_SET } from '../TrieUtils';
 import { emptyMap } from '../Map';
+import { emptyList } from '../List';
 import { get } from './get';
 import { remove } from './remove';
 import { set } from './set';
@@ -66,10 +67,18 @@ function updateInDeeply(
   return nextUpdated === nextExisting
     ? existing
     : nextUpdated === NOT_SET
-      ? remove(existing, key)
-      : set(
-          wasNotSet ? (inImmutable ? emptyMap() : {}) : existing,
-          key,
-          nextUpdated
-        );
+    ? remove(existing, key)
+    : set(
+        wasNotSet
+          ? inImmutable
+            ? typeof key === 'number'
+              ? emptyList()
+              : emptyMap()
+            : typeof key === 'number'
+            ? []
+            : {}
+          : existing,
+        key,
+        nextUpdated
+      );
 }