diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseSelfAdjointView.h b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseSelfAdjointView.h
index 9e39be738..5ab64f1a8 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseSelfAdjointView.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseSelfAdjointView.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ template<typename MatrixType, unsigned int _Mode> class SparseSelfAdjointView
     
     enum {
       Mode = _Mode,
+      TransposeMode = ((Mode & Upper) ? Lower : 0) | ((Mode & Lower) ? Upper : 0),
       RowsAtCompileTime = internal::traits<SparseSelfAdjointView>::RowsAtCompileTime,
       ColsAtCompileTime = internal::traits<SparseSelfAdjointView>::ColsAtCompileTime
     };
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ struct generic_product_impl<Lhs, RhsView, DenseShape, SparseSelfAdjointShape, Pr
     
     // transpose everything
     Transpose<Dest> dstT(dst);
-    internal::sparse_selfadjoint_time_dense_product<RhsView::Mode>(rhsNested.transpose(), lhsNested.transpose(), dstT, alpha);
+    internal::sparse_selfadjoint_time_dense_product<RhsView::TransposeMode>(rhsNested.transpose(), lhsNested.transpose(), dstT, alpha);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/test/sparse_product.cpp b/test/sparse_product.cpp
index c1edd26e3..197586741 100644
--- a/test/sparse_product.cpp
+++ b/test/sparse_product.cpp
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ template<typename SparseMatrixType> void sparse_product()
     VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x=mLo.template selfadjointView<Lower>()*b, refX=refS*b);
     VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x=mS.template selfadjointView<Upper|Lower>()*b, refX=refS*b);
 
+    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x=b * mUp.template selfadjointView<Upper>(),       refX=b*refS);
+    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x=b * mLo.template selfadjointView<Lower>(),       refX=b*refS);
+    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x=b * mS.template selfadjointView<Upper|Lower>(),  refX=b*refS);
+
     VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x.noalias()+=mUp.template selfadjointView<Upper>()*b, refX+=refS*b);
     VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x.noalias()-=mLo.template selfadjointView<Lower>()*b, refX-=refS*b);
     VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x.noalias()+=mS.template selfadjointView<Upper|Lower>()*b, refX+=refS*b);