diff --git a/Eigen/src/SVD/JacobiSVD.h b/Eigen/src/SVD/JacobiSVD.h
index 1b2977419..89ace381e 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SVD/JacobiSVD.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SVD/JacobiSVD.h
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ void JacobiSVD<MatrixType, QRPreconditioner>::allocate(Index rows, Index cols, u
   
   if(m_cols>m_rows)   m_qr_precond_morecols.allocate(*this);
   if(m_rows>m_cols)   m_qr_precond_morerows.allocate(*this);
-  if(m_cols!=m_cols)  m_scaledMatrix.resize(rows,cols);
+  if(m_rows!=m_cols)  m_scaledMatrix.resize(rows,cols);
 }
 
 template<typename MatrixType, int QRPreconditioner>