diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h b/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h
index e3231c712..836ff4711 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ template<typename T> struct plain_matrix_type_row_major
   typedef Matrix<typename traits<T>::Scalar,
                 Rows,
                 Cols,
-                (MaxCols==1&&MaxRows!=1) ? RowMajor : ColMajor,
+                (MaxCols==1&&MaxRows!=1) ? ColMajor : RowMajor,
                 MaxRows,
                 MaxCols
           > type;