diff --git a/Eigen/src/Array/Array.h b/Eigen/src/Array/Array.h
index 5a398d849..91a091152 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Array/Array.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Array/Array.h
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ class Array
     void swap(ArrayBase<OtherDerived> EIGEN_REF_TO_TEMPORARY other)
     { this->_swap(other.derived()); }
 
+    inline int innerStride() const { return 1; }
+    inline int outerStride() const { return this->innerSize(); }
+
     #ifdef EIGEN_ARRAY_PLUGIN
     #include EIGEN_ARRAY_PLUGIN
     #endif
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/DenseStorageBase.h b/Eigen/src/Core/DenseStorageBase.h
index a0f3de542..c7f903c7a 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/DenseStorageBase.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/DenseStorageBase.h
@@ -139,13 +139,6 @@ class DenseStorageBase : public _Base<Derived>
     EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Scalar *data()
     { return m_storage.data(); }
 
-    inline int innerStride() const { return 1; }
-    inline int outerStride() const
-    {
-      static const int MaxInnerSize = Base::IsRowMajor ? MaxColsAtCompileTime : MaxRowsAtCompileTime;
-      return (!IsVectorAtCompileTime) && MaxInnerSize!=Dynamic ? MaxInnerSize : this->innerSize();
-    }
-
     /** Resizes \c *this to a \a rows x \a cols matrix.
       *
       * This method is intended for dynamic-size matrices, although it is legal to call it on any
@@ -608,7 +601,7 @@ struct ei_conservative_resize_like_impl<Derived,OtherDerived,true>
     const int new_rows = Derived::RowsAtCompileTime==1 ? 1 : other.rows();
     const int new_cols = Derived::RowsAtCompileTime==1 ? other.cols() : 1;
     _this.derived().m_storage.conservativeResize(other.size(),new_rows,new_cols);
-
+    
     if (num_new_elements > 0)
       _this.tail(num_new_elements) = other.tail(num_new_elements);
   }
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/Matrix.h b/Eigen/src/Core/Matrix.h
index 3cd3f7814..e7422457c 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/Matrix.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/Matrix.h
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ class Matrix
     void swap(MatrixBase<OtherDerived> EIGEN_REF_TO_TEMPORARY other)
     { this->_swap(other.derived()); }
 
+    inline int innerStride() const { return 1; }
+    inline int outerStride() const { return this->innerSize(); }
+
     /////////// Geometry module ///////////
 
     template<typename OtherDerived>
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h b/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h
index fc4c01468..a09475e20 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h
@@ -90,19 +90,14 @@ class ei_compute_matrix_flags
       inner_max_size = MaxCols==1 ? MaxRows
                      : MaxRows==1 ? MaxCols
                      : row_major_bit ? MaxCols : MaxRows,
-      inner_size = Cols==1 ? Rows
-                 : Rows==1 ? Cols
-                 : row_major_bit ? Cols : Rows,
       is_big = inner_max_size == Dynamic,
-      is_matrix = Cols!=1 && Rows!=1,
       is_packet_size_multiple = MaxRows==Dynamic || MaxCols==Dynamic || ((MaxCols*MaxRows) % ei_packet_traits<Scalar>::size) == 0,
       aligned_bit = (((Options&DontAlign)==0) && (is_big || is_packet_size_multiple)) ? AlignedBit : 0,
-      packet_access_bit = ei_packet_traits<Scalar>::size > 1 && aligned_bit ? PacketAccessBit : 0,
-      linear_access_bit = (inner_max_size!=Dynamic && inner_size!=inner_max_size && is_matrix) ? 0 : LinearAccessBit
+      packet_access_bit = ei_packet_traits<Scalar>::size > 1 && aligned_bit ? PacketAccessBit : 0
     };
 
   public:
-    enum { ret = DirectAccessBit | NestByRefBit | packet_access_bit | row_major_bit | aligned_bit | linear_access_bit };
+    enum { ret = LinearAccessBit | DirectAccessBit | NestByRefBit | packet_access_bit | row_major_bit | aligned_bit };
 };
 
 template<int _Rows, int _Cols> struct ei_size_at_compile_time