diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseCholesky/SimplicialCholesky_impl.h b/Eigen/src/SparseCholesky/SimplicialCholesky_impl.h
index 7275db2cc..72e1740c1 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseCholesky/SimplicialCholesky_impl.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseCholesky/SimplicialCholesky_impl.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void SimplicialCholeskyBase<Derived>::factorize_preordered(const CholMatrixType&
       /* the nonzero entry L(k,i) */
       Scalar l_ki;
       if(DoLDLT)
-        l_ki = yi / m_diag[i];
+        l_ki = yi / numext::real(m_diag[i]);
       else
         yi = l_ki = yi / Lx[Lp[i]];