diff --git a/Eigen/src/QR/SelfAdjointEigenSolver.h b/Eigen/src/QR/SelfAdjointEigenSolver.h
index e62a95356..cbf2ef267 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/QR/SelfAdjointEigenSolver.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/QR/SelfAdjointEigenSolver.h
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ template<typename Derived> struct ei_matrixNorm_selector<Derived, false>
              (m*m.adjoint())
              .template marked<SelfAdjoint>()
              .eigenvalues()
-             .cwiseAbs()
              .maxCoeff()
            );
   }