diff --git a/Eigen/src/Sparse/SparseDenseProduct.h b/Eigen/src/Sparse/SparseDenseProduct.h
index 8cc39c8fb..9e9da983a 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Sparse/SparseDenseProduct.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Sparse/SparseDenseProduct.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class SparseTimeDenseProduct
       enum { LhsIsRowMajor = (_Lhs::Flags&RowMajorBit)==RowMajorBit };
       for(Index j=0; j<m_lhs.outerSize(); ++j)
       {
-        typename Rhs::Scalar rhs_j = alpha * m_rhs.coeff(j,0);
+        typename Rhs::Scalar rhs_j = alpha * m_rhs.coeff(LhsIsRowMajor ? 0 : j,0);
         Block<Dest,1,Dest::ColsAtCompileTime> dest_j(dest.row(LhsIsRowMajor ? j : 0));
         for(LhsInnerIterator it(m_lhs,j); it ;++it)
         {