diff --git a/Eigen/src/Householder/HouseholderSequence.h b/Eigen/src/Householder/HouseholderSequence.h
index 1e71e16a7..0de2a0084 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Householder/HouseholderSequence.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Householder/HouseholderSequence.h
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ template<typename OtherScalarType, typename MatrixType> struct matrix_type_times
 template<typename VectorsType, typename CoeffsType, int Side> class HouseholderSequence
   : public EigenBase<HouseholderSequence<VectorsType,CoeffsType,Side> >
 {
+    typedef typename internal::hseq_side_dependent_impl<VectorsType,CoeffsType,Side>::EssentialVectorType EssentialVectorType;
+  
+  public:
     enum {
       RowsAtCompileTime = internal::traits<HouseholderSequence>::RowsAtCompileTime,
       ColsAtCompileTime = internal::traits<HouseholderSequence>::ColsAtCompileTime,
@@ -121,11 +124,6 @@ template<typename VectorsType, typename CoeffsType, int Side> class HouseholderS
     typedef typename internal::traits<HouseholderSequence>::Scalar Scalar;
     typedef typename VectorsType::Index Index;
 
-    typedef typename internal::hseq_side_dependent_impl<VectorsType,CoeffsType,Side>::EssentialVectorType
-            EssentialVectorType;
-
-  public:
-
     typedef HouseholderSequence<
       VectorsType,
       typename internal::conditional<NumTraits<Scalar>::IsComplex,