diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/VectorwiseOp.h b/Eigen/src/Core/VectorwiseOp.h
index 4fe267e9f..893bc796f 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/VectorwiseOp.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/VectorwiseOp.h
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ template<typename ExpressionType, int Direction> class VectorwiseOp
   * \sa rowwise(), class VectorwiseOp, \ref TutorialReductionsVisitorsBroadcasting
   */
 template<typename Derived>
-inline typename DenseBase<Derived>::ColwiseReturnType
+EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC inline typename DenseBase<Derived>::ColwiseReturnType
 DenseBase<Derived>::colwise()
 {
   return ColwiseReturnType(derived());
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ DenseBase<Derived>::colwise()
   * \sa colwise(), class VectorwiseOp, \ref TutorialReductionsVisitorsBroadcasting
   */
 template<typename Derived>
-inline typename DenseBase<Derived>::RowwiseReturnType
+EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC inline typename DenseBase<Derived>::RowwiseReturnType
 DenseBase<Derived>::rowwise()
 {
   return RowwiseReturnType(derived());