diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseLU/SparseLU.h b/Eigen/src/SparseLU/SparseLU.h
index 3abe998f2..f2b907326 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseLU/SparseLU.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseLU/SparseLU.h
@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@ class SparseLU : public internal::SparseLUImpl<typename _MatrixType::Scalar, typ
           if(it.row() < j) continue;
           if(it.row() == j)
           {
-            det *= (std::abs)(it.value());
+            using std::abs;
+            det *= abs(it.value());
             break;
           }
         }
@@ -294,7 +295,8 @@ class SparseLU : public internal::SparseLUImpl<typename _MatrixType::Scalar, typ
            if(it.row() < j) continue;
            if(it.row() == j)
            {
-             det += (std::log)((std::abs)(it.value()));
+             using std::log, std::abs;
+             det += log(abs(it.value()));
              break;
            }
          }
diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseLU/SparseLU_pivotL.h b/Eigen/src/SparseLU/SparseLU_pivotL.h
index ddcd4ec98..457789c78 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseLU/SparseLU_pivotL.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseLU/SparseLU_pivotL.h
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ Index SparseLUImpl<Scalar,Index>::pivotL(const Index jcol, const RealScalar& dia
   RealScalar rtemp;
   Index isub, icol, itemp, k; 
   for (isub = nsupc; isub < nsupr; ++isub) {
-    rtemp = std::abs(lu_col_ptr[isub]);
+    using std::abs;
+    rtemp = abs(lu_col_ptr[isub]);
     if (rtemp > pivmax) {
       pivmax = rtemp; 
       pivptr = isub;
@@ -101,7 +102,8 @@ Index SparseLUImpl<Scalar,Index>::pivotL(const Index jcol, const RealScalar& dia
     if (diag >= 0 ) 
     {
       // Diagonal element exists
-      rtemp = std::abs(lu_col_ptr[diag]);
+      using std::abs;
+      rtemp = abs(lu_col_ptr[diag]);
       if (rtemp != 0.0 && rtemp >= thresh) pivptr = diag;
     }
     pivrow = lsub_ptr[pivptr];