diff --git a/Eigen/src/Eigenvalues/SelfAdjointEigenSolver.h b/Eigen/src/Eigenvalues/SelfAdjointEigenSolver.h
index 469ea5e4e..a9154b1ae 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Eigenvalues/SelfAdjointEigenSolver.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Eigenvalues/SelfAdjointEigenSolver.h
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ SelfAdjointEigenSolver<MatrixType>& SelfAdjointEigenSolver<MatrixType>
 
   if(n==1)
   {
-    m_eivalues.coeffRef(0,0) = numext::real(matrix(0,0));
+    m_eivalues.coeffRef(0,0) = numext::real(matrix.coeff(0,0));
     if(computeEigenvectors)
       m_eivec.setOnes(n,n);
     m_info = Success;