diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/ranges b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/ranges
index 6c64f4c36213..fd290ea362cc 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/ranges
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/ranges
@@ -5460,9 +5460,7 @@ namespace views::__adaptor
   public:
     using iterator_category = input_iterator_tag;
     using iterator_concept = decltype(_S_iter_concept());
-    using value_type = conditional_t<_Nm == 2,
-				     pair<range_value_t<_Base>, range_value_t<_Base>>,
-				     __detail::__repeated_tuple<range_value_t<_Base>, _Nm>>;
+    using value_type = __detail::__repeated_tuple<range_value_t<_Base>, _Nm>;
     using difference_type = range_difference_t<_Base>;
 
     _Iterator() = default;
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/std/ranges/adaptors/adjacent/1.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/std/ranges/adaptors/adjacent/1.cc
index 085cd4a8c54c..0a5c67f56140 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/std/ranges/adaptors/adjacent/1.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/std/ranges/adaptors/adjacent/1.cc
@@ -114,6 +114,18 @@ test04()
   return true;
 }
 
+constexpr bool
+test05()
+{
+  // PR libstdc++/121956
+  int a[2]{};
+  __gnu_test::test_random_access_range r(a);
+  auto v = r | views::pairwise;
+  static_assert( std::is_same_v<ranges::range_value_t<decltype(v)>,
+				std::tuple<int, int>> );
+  return true;
+}
+
 int
 main()
 {
@@ -121,4 +133,5 @@ main()
   static_assert(test02());
   static_assert(test03());
   static_assert(test04());
+  static_assert(test05());
 }