diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/GenericPacketMath.h b/Eigen/src/Core/GenericPacketMath.h
index b4bb1c5fe..7e2e88f84 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/GenericPacketMath.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/GenericPacketMath.h
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ template<typename Packet> inline static Packet ei_pexp(Packet a) { return ei_exp
 template<typename Packet> inline static Packet ei_plog(Packet a) { return ei_log(a); }
 
 /** \internal \returns the square-root of \a a (coeff-wise) */
-template<typename Packet> inline static Packet ei_psqrt(Packet a) { return ei_log(a); }
+template<typename Packet> inline static Packet ei_psqrt(Packet a) { return ei_sqrt(a); }
 
 /***************************************************************************
 * The following functions might not have to be overwritten for vectorized types