diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/MatrixBase.h b/Eigen/src/Core/MatrixBase.h
index 0e8b49f75..2691fdecd 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/MatrixBase.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/MatrixBase.h
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ template<typename Derived> class MatrixBase
     inline int diagonalSize() const { return std::min(rows(),cols()); }
     /** \returns the number of nonzero coefficients which is in practice the number
       * of stored coefficients. */
-    inline int nonZeros() const { return derived().nonZeros(); }
+    inline int nonZeros() const { return size(); }
     /** \returns true if either the number of rows or the number of columns is equal to 1.
       * In other words, this function returns
       * \code rows()==1 || cols()==1 \endcode