diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/arch/AltiVec/Complex.h b/Eigen/src/Core/arch/AltiVec/Complex.h
index cf5ed512a..a719d1b3b 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/arch/AltiVec/Complex.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/arch/AltiVec/Complex.h
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet2cf por    <Packet2cf>(const Packet2cf& a,
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet2cf pxor   <Packet2cf>(const Packet2cf& a, const Packet2cf& b) { return Packet2cf(vec_xor(a.v,b.v)); }
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet2cf pandnot<Packet2cf>(const Packet2cf& a, const Packet2cf& b) { return Packet2cf(vec_and(a.v, vec_nor(b.v,b.v))); }
 
-template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet2cf pload <std::complex<float> >(const std::complex<float>* from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_ALIGNED_LOAD return Packet2cf(pload((const float*)from)); }
-template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet2cf ploadu<std::complex<float> >(const std::complex<float>* from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_UNALIGNED_LOAD return Packet2cf(ploadu((const float*)from)); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet2cf pload <std::complex<float> >(const std::complex<float>* from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_ALIGNED_LOAD return Packet2cf(pload<Packet4f>((const float*)from)); }
+template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet2cf ploadu<std::complex<float> >(const std::complex<float>* from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_UNALIGNED_LOAD return Packet2cf(ploadu<Packet4f>((const float*)from)); }
 
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstore <std::complex<float> >(std::complex<float> *   to, const Packet2cf& from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_ALIGNED_STORE pstore((float*)to, from.v); }
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstoreu<std::complex<float> >(std::complex<float> *   to, const Packet2cf& from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_UNALIGNED_STORE pstoreu((float*)to, from.v); }