diff --git a/Eigen/src/Geometry/AngleAxis.h b/Eigen/src/Geometry/AngleAxis.h
index 553d38c74..bbf6a7ed8 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Geometry/AngleAxis.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Geometry/AngleAxis.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public:
     m_angle = Scalar(other.angle());
   }
 
-  static inline const AngleAxis Identity() { return AngleAxis(0, Vector3::UnitX()); }
+  static inline const AngleAxis Identity() { return AngleAxis(Scalar(0), Vector3::UnitX()); }
 
   /** \returns \c true if \c *this is approximately equal to \a other, within the precision
     * determined by \a prec.
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ AngleAxis<Scalar>& AngleAxis<Scalar>::operator=(const QuaternionBase<QuatDerived
   Scalar n2 = q.vec().squaredNorm();
   if (n2 < NumTraits<Scalar>::dummy_precision()*NumTraits<Scalar>::dummy_precision())
   {
-    m_angle = 0;
-    m_axis << 1, 0, 0;
+    m_angle = Scalar(0);
+    m_axis << Scalar(1), Scalar(0), Scalar(0);
   }
   else
   {