diff --git a/Eigen/src/Householder/HouseholderSequence.h b/Eigen/src/Householder/HouseholderSequence.h
index e9f3ebf88..b7f97af1a 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Householder/HouseholderSequence.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Householder/HouseholderSequence.h
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ template<typename VectorsType, typename CoeffsType, int Side> class HouseholderS
     /** \internal */
     template<typename Dest> inline void applyThisOnTheLeft(Dest& dst) const
     {
-      Matrix<Scalar,1,Dest::ColsAtCompileTime,RowMajor,1,Dest::MaxColsAtCompileTime> workspace(dst.cols());
+      Matrix<Scalar,1,Dest::ColsAtCompileTime,RowMajor,1,Dest::MaxColsAtCompileTime> workspace;
       applyThisOnTheLeft(dst, workspace);
     }