diff --git a/pandas/tests/series/test_missing.py b/pandas/tests/series/test_missing.py
index 2409d0a77d54b6..79f3acfd3cf02c 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/series/test_missing.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/series/test_missing.py
@@ -273,6 +273,40 @@ def test_datetime64_tz_fillna(self):
                          pd.Timestamp('2012-11-11 00:00:00+01:00')])
         assert_series_equal(df.fillna(method='bfill'), exp)
 
+    def test_fillna_consistency(self):
+        # GH 16402
+        # fillna with a tz aware to a tz-naive, should result in object
+
+        s = Series([Timestamp('20130101'), pd.NaT])
+
+        result = s.fillna(Timestamp('20130101', tz='US/Eastern'))
+        expected = Series([Timestamp('20130101'),
+                           Timestamp('2013-01-01', tz='US/Eastern')],
+                          dtype='object')
+        assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
+        # where (we ignore the raise_on_error)
+        result = s.where([True, False],
+                         Timestamp('20130101', tz='US/Eastern'),
+                         raise_on_error=False)
+        assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
+        result = s.where([True, False],
+                         Timestamp('20130101', tz='US/Eastern'),
+                         raise_on_error=True)
+        assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
+        # with a non-datetime
+        result = s.fillna('foo')
+        expected = Series([Timestamp('20130101'),
+                           'foo'])
+        assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
+        # assignment
+        s2 = s.copy()
+        s2[1] = 'foo'
+        assert_series_equal(s2, expected)
+
     def test_datetime64tz_fillna_round_issue(self):
         # GH 14872