diff --git a/Eigen/src/Householder/Householder.h b/Eigen/src/Householder/Householder.h
index 1e549633a..4b97dfee1 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Householder/Householder.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Householder/Householder.h
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ void MatrixBase<Derived>::applyHouseholderOnTheRight(
 {
   Map<Matrix<Scalar, RowsAtCompileTime, 1, PlainMatrixType::Options, MaxRowsAtCompileTime, 1> > tmp(workspace,rows());
   Block<Derived, Derived::RowsAtCompileTime, EssentialPart::SizeAtCompileTime> right(derived(), 0, 1, rows(), cols()-1);
-  tmp.noalias() = right * essential.conjugate();
+  tmp.noalias() = right * essential.adjoint();
   tmp += this->col(0);
   this->col(0) -= tau * tmp;
-  right.noalias() -= tau * tmp * essential.transpose();
+  right.noalias() -= tau * tmp * essential;
 }
 
 #endif // EIGEN_HOUSEHOLDER_H
diff --git a/test/householder.cpp b/test/householder.cpp
index 4e4c78863..85492cdff 100644
--- a/test/householder.cpp
+++ b/test/householder.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ template<typename MatrixType> void householder(const MatrixType& m)
   m3.rowwise() = v1.transpose();
   m4 = m3;
   m3.row(0).makeHouseholder(essential, beta, alpha);
-  m3.applyHouseholderOnTheRight(essential,beta,tmp);
+  m3.applyHouseholderOnTheRight(essential.transpose(),beta,tmp);
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m3.norm(), m4.norm());
   VERIFY_IS_MUCH_SMALLER_THAN(m3.block(0,1,rows,rows-1).norm(), m3.norm());
   VERIFY_IS_MUCH_SMALLER_THAN(ei_imag(m3(0,0)), ei_real(m3(0,0)));