diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h b/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h
index 10328be0d..1217404d6 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ template<typename T> struct is_valid_index_type
   };
 };
 
+// true if both types are not valid index types
+template<typename RowIndices, typename ColIndices>
+struct valid_indexed_view_overload {
+  enum { value = !(internal::is_valid_index_type<RowIndices>::value && internal::is_valid_index_type<ColIndices>::value) };
+};
+
 // promote_scalar_arg is an helper used in operation between an expression and a scalar, like:
 //    expression * scalar
 // Its role is to determine how the type T of the scalar operand should be promoted given the scalar type ExprScalar of the given expression.
diff --git a/Eigen/src/plugins/IndexedViewMethods.h b/Eigen/src/plugins/IndexedViewMethods.h
index 9ad2d9aee..d435aa597 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/plugins/IndexedViewMethods.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/plugins/IndexedViewMethods.h
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ ivcSize(const Indices& indices) const {
   return internal::makeIndexedViewCompatible(indices, internal::variable_if_dynamic<Index,SizeAtCompileTime>(derived().size()),Specialized);
 }
 
-template<typename RowIndices, typename ColIndices>
-struct valid_indexed_view_overload {
-  enum { value = !(internal::is_valid_index_type<RowIndices>::value && internal::is_valid_index_type<ColIndices>::value) };
-};
-
 public:
 
 #endif
@@ -72,7 +67,7 @@ struct EIGEN_INDEXED_VIEW_METHOD_TYPE {
 // This is the generic version
 
 template<typename RowIndices, typename ColIndices>
-typename internal::enable_if<valid_indexed_view_overload<RowIndices,ColIndices>::value
+typename internal::enable_if<internal::valid_indexed_view_overload<RowIndices,ColIndices>::value
   && internal::traits<typename EIGEN_INDEXED_VIEW_METHOD_TYPE<RowIndices,ColIndices>::type>::ReturnAsIndexedView,
   typename EIGEN_INDEXED_VIEW_METHOD_TYPE<RowIndices,ColIndices>::type >::type
 operator()(const RowIndices& rowIndices, const ColIndices& colIndices) EIGEN_INDEXED_VIEW_METHOD_CONST
@@ -84,7 +79,7 @@ operator()(const RowIndices& rowIndices, const ColIndices& colIndices) EIGEN_IND
 // The following overload returns a Block<> object
 
 template<typename RowIndices, typename ColIndices>
-typename internal::enable_if<valid_indexed_view_overload<RowIndices,ColIndices>::value
+typename internal::enable_if<internal::valid_indexed_view_overload<RowIndices,ColIndices>::value
   && internal::traits<typename EIGEN_INDEXED_VIEW_METHOD_TYPE<RowIndices,ColIndices>::type>::ReturnAsBlock,
   typename internal::traits<typename EIGEN_INDEXED_VIEW_METHOD_TYPE<RowIndices,ColIndices>::type>::BlockType>::type
 operator()(const RowIndices& rowIndices, const ColIndices& colIndices) EIGEN_INDEXED_VIEW_METHOD_CONST
@@ -102,7 +97,7 @@ operator()(const RowIndices& rowIndices, const ColIndices& colIndices) EIGEN_IND
 // The following overload returns a Scalar
 
 template<typename RowIndices, typename ColIndices>
-typename internal::enable_if<valid_indexed_view_overload<RowIndices,ColIndices>::value
+typename internal::enable_if<internal::valid_indexed_view_overload<RowIndices,ColIndices>::value
   && internal::traits<typename EIGEN_INDEXED_VIEW_METHOD_TYPE<RowIndices,ColIndices>::type>::ReturnAsScalar,
   CoeffReturnType >::type
 operator()(const RowIndices& rowIndices, const ColIndices& colIndices) EIGEN_INDEXED_VIEW_METHOD_CONST
diff --git a/test/indexed_view.cpp b/test/indexed_view.cpp
index 71de60d84..033d8833f 100644
--- a/test/indexed_view.cpp
+++ b/test/indexed_view.cpp
@@ -395,4 +395,19 @@ void test_indexed_view()
     CALL_SUBTEST_2( check_indexed_view() );
     CALL_SUBTEST_3( check_indexed_view() );
 //   }
+
+  // static checks of some internals:
+
+  #define STATIC_CHECK( COND ) \
+    EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT( (COND) , EIGEN_INTERNAL_ERROR_PLEASE_FILE_A_BUG_REPORT )
+
+  STATIC_CHECK(( internal::is_valid_index_type<int>::value ));
+  STATIC_CHECK(( internal::is_valid_index_type<unsigned int>::value ));
+  STATIC_CHECK(( internal::is_valid_index_type<short>::value ));
+  STATIC_CHECK(( internal::is_valid_index_type<std::ptrdiff_t>::value ));
+  STATIC_CHECK(( internal::is_valid_index_type<std::size_t>::value ));
+  STATIC_CHECK(( !internal::valid_indexed_view_overload<int,int>::value ));
+  STATIC_CHECK(( !internal::valid_indexed_view_overload<int,std::ptrdiff_t>::value ));
+  STATIC_CHECK(( !internal::valid_indexed_view_overload<std::ptrdiff_t,int>::value ));
+  STATIC_CHECK(( !internal::valid_indexed_view_overload<std::size_t,int>::value ));
 }