diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/CommaInitializer.h b/Eigen/src/Core/CommaInitializer.h
index 73e2a6418..56ee38fd3 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/CommaInitializer.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/CommaInitializer.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ struct CommaInitializer
       eigen_assert(m_row+m_currentBlockRows<=m_xpr.rows()
         && "Too many rows passed to comma initializer (operator<<)");
     }
-    eigen_assert(m_col<m_xpr.cols() || (m_xpr.cols()==0 && m_col==0)
+    eigen_assert((m_col<m_xpr.cols() || (m_xpr.cols()==0 && m_col==0))
       && "Too many coefficients passed to comma initializer (operator<<)");
     eigen_assert(m_currentBlockRows==other.rows());
     if (OtherDerived::SizeAtCompileTime != Dynamic)
diff --git a/test/commainitializer.cpp b/test/commainitializer.cpp
index 86bdb040e..8e7019fcd 100644
--- a/test/commainitializer.cpp
+++ b/test/commainitializer.cpp
@@ -44,26 +44,4 @@ void test_commainitializer()
         vec[2].transpose();
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m3, ref);
 
-
-  // Check with empty matrices (bug #1242)
-  {
-    int const M = 0;
-    int const N1 = 2;
-    int const N2 = 1;
-
-    {
-      Matrix<double, M, N1> A1;
-      Matrix<double, M, N2> A2;
-      Matrix<double, M, N1 + N2> B;
-      B << A1, A2;
-    }
-    {
-      Matrix<double, N1, M> A1;
-      Matrix<double, N2, M> A2;
-      Matrix<double, N1 + N2, M> B;
-      B << A1,
-           A2;
-    }
-  }
-
 }