diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/products/GeneralMatrixMatrixTriangular_BLAS.h b/Eigen/src/Core/products/GeneralMatrixMatrixTriangular_BLAS.h
index 911df8ff3..5b7c15cca 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/products/GeneralMatrixMatrixTriangular_BLAS.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/products/GeneralMatrixMatrixTriangular_BLAS.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #ifndef EIGEN_GENERAL_MATRIX_MATRIX_TRIANGULAR_BLAS_H
 #define EIGEN_GENERAL_MATRIX_MATRIX_TRIANGULAR_BLAS_H
 
-namespace Eigen { 
+namespace Eigen {
 
 namespace internal {
 
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ struct general_matrix_matrix_rankupdate<Index,EIGTYPE,AStorageOrder,ConjugateA,C
   /* typedef Matrix<EIGTYPE, Dynamic, Dynamic, RhsStorageOrder> MatrixRhs;*/ \
 \
    BlasIndex lda=convert_index<BlasIndex>(lhsStride), ldc=convert_index<BlasIndex>(resStride), n=convert_index<BlasIndex>(size), k=convert_index<BlasIndex>(depth); \
-   char uplo=(IsLower) ? 'L' : 'U', trans=(AStorageOrder==RowMajor) ? 'T':'N'; \
-   EIGTYPE beta; \
+   char uplo=((IsLower) ? 'L' : 'U'), trans=((AStorageOrder==RowMajor) ? 'T':'N'); \
+   EIGTYPE beta(1); \
    BLASFUNC(&uplo, &trans, &n, &k, &numext::real_ref(alpha), lhs, &lda, &numext::real_ref(beta), res, &ldc); \
   } \
 };
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ struct general_matrix_matrix_rankupdate<Index,EIGTYPE,AStorageOrder,ConjugateA,C
    typedef Matrix<EIGTYPE, Dynamic, Dynamic, AStorageOrder> MatrixType; \
 \
    BlasIndex lda=convert_index<BlasIndex>(lhsStride), ldc=convert_index<BlasIndex>(resStride), n=convert_index<BlasIndex>(size), k=convert_index<BlasIndex>(depth); \
-   char uplo=(IsLower) ? 'L' : 'U', trans=(AStorageOrder==RowMajor) ? 'C':'N'; \
+   char uplo=((IsLower) ? 'L' : 'U'), trans=((AStorageOrder==RowMajor) ? 'C':'N'); \
    RTYPE alpha_, beta_; \
    const EIGTYPE* a_ptr; \
 \