diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseCwiseBinaryOp.h b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseCwiseBinaryOp.h
index 90f702ee3..d9420ac63 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseCwiseBinaryOp.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseCwiseBinaryOp.h
@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@ class CwiseBinaryOpImpl<BinaryOp, Lhs, Rhs, Sparse>
     EIGEN_SPARSE_PUBLIC_INTERFACE(Derived)
     CwiseBinaryOpImpl()
     {
-      typedef typename internal::traits<Lhs>::StorageKind LhsStorageKind;
-      typedef typename internal::traits<Rhs>::StorageKind RhsStorageKind;
       EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT((
-                (!internal::is_same<LhsStorageKind,RhsStorageKind>::value)
+                (!internal::is_same<typename internal::traits<Lhs>::StorageKind,
+                                    typename internal::traits<Rhs>::StorageKind>::value)
             ||  ((Lhs::Flags&RowMajorBit) == (Rhs::Flags&RowMajorBit))),
             THE_STORAGE_ORDER_OF_BOTH_SIDES_MUST_MATCH);
     }