diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/MatrixStorage.h b/Eigen/src/Core/MatrixStorage.h
index 94336f1a8..72b9965b6 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/MatrixStorage.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/MatrixStorage.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ template<typename T, int Size, int _Rows, int _Cols> class ei_matrix_storage
 // dynamic-size matrix with fixed-size storage
 template<typename T, int Size> class ei_matrix_storage<T, Size, Dynamic, Dynamic>
 {
-    T m_data[Size];
+    ei_aligned_array<T,Size,((Size*sizeof(T))%16)==0> m_data;
     int m_rows;
     int m_cols;
   public:
@@ -107,14 +107,14 @@ template<typename T, int Size> class ei_matrix_storage<T, Size, Dynamic, Dynamic
       m_rows = rows;
       m_cols = cols;
     }
-    inline const T *data() const { return m_data; }
-    inline T *data() { return m_data; }
+    inline const T *data() const { return m_data.array; }
+    inline T *data() { return m_data.array; }
 };
 
 // dynamic-size matrix with fixed-size storage and fixed width
 template<typename T, int Size, int _Cols> class ei_matrix_storage<T, Size, Dynamic, _Cols>
 {
-    T m_data[Size];
+    ei_aligned_array<T,Size,((Size*sizeof(T))%16)==0> m_data;
     int m_rows;
   public:
     inline ei_matrix_storage(int, int rows, int) : m_rows(rows) {}
@@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ template<typename T, int Size, int _Cols> class ei_matrix_storage<T, Size, Dynam
     {
       m_rows = rows;
     }
-    inline const T *data() const { return m_data; }
-    inline T *data() { return m_data; }
+    inline const T *data() const { return m_data.array; }
+    inline T *data() { return m_data.array; }
 };
 
 // dynamic-size matrix with fixed-size storage and fixed height
 template<typename T, int Size, int _Rows> class ei_matrix_storage<T, Size, _Rows, Dynamic>
 {
-    T m_data[Size];
+    ei_aligned_array<T,Size,((Size*sizeof(T))%16)==0> m_data;
     int m_cols;
   public:
     inline ei_matrix_storage(int, int, int cols) : m_cols(cols) {}
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ template<typename T, int Size, int _Rows> class ei_matrix_storage<T, Size, _Rows
     {
       m_cols = cols;
     }
-    inline const T *data() const { return m_data; }
-    inline T *data() { return m_data; }
+    inline const T *data() const { return m_data.array; }
+    inline T *data() { return m_data.array; }
 };
 
 // purely dynamic matrix.
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/Product.h b/Eigen/src/Core/Product.h
index 8d4ed8779..def183b38 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/Product.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/Product.h
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ struct ei_traits<Product<Lhs, Rhs, EvalMode> >
     _RowMajor = (RhsFlags & RowMajorBit)
               && (EvalMode==(int)CacheFriendlyProduct ? (int)LhsFlags & RowMajorBit : (!_LhsPacketAccess)),
     _LostBits = ~((_RowMajor ? 0 : RowMajorBit)
-                | ((RowsAtCompileTime == Dynamic || ColsAtCompileTime == Dynamic) ? 0 : LargeBit)),
+                | ((RowsAtCompileTime == Dynamic || ColsAtCompileTime == Dynamic) ? 0 : LargeBit)
+                | LinearAccessBit),
     Flags = ((unsigned int)(LhsFlags | RhsFlags) & HereditaryBits & _LostBits)
           | EvalBeforeAssigningBit
           | EvalBeforeNestingBit
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/util/Meta.h b/Eigen/src/Core/util/Meta.h
index de732f373..33a09f87c 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/util/Meta.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/util/Meta.h
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class ei_corrected_matrix_flags
             = ei_packet_traits<Scalar>::size > 1
               && (is_big || inner_size%ei_packet_traits<Scalar>::size==0)
               ? PacketAccessBit : 0,
-          
+
           _flags1 = (SuggestedFlags & ~(EvalBeforeNestingBit | EvalBeforeAssigningBit | PacketAccessBit | RowMajorBit))
                                     | LinearAccessBit | DirectAccessBit
     };
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ template<typename T, int n=1> struct ei_nested
     T,
     typename ei_meta_if<
       (int(ei_traits<T>::Flags) & EvalBeforeNestingBit)
-      || ((n+1) * int(NumTraits<typename ei_traits<T>::Scalar>::ReadCost) < (n-1) * int(T::CoeffReadCost)),
+      || ((n+1) * int(NumTraits<typename ei_traits<T>::Scalar>::ReadCost) <= (n-1) * int(T::CoeffReadCost)),
       typename ei_eval<T>::type,
       const T&
     >::ret