diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/Visitor.h b/Eigen/src/Core/Visitor.h
index e1d2ca527..fa6293fea 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/Visitor.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/Visitor.h
@@ -317,6 +317,13 @@ class visitor_evaluator {
   const XprType& m_xpr;
 };
 
+template <typename T, typename = void>
+struct visitor_has_linear_access : std::false_type {};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct visitor_has_linear_access<T, decltype(functor_traits<T>::LinearAccess)>
+    : std::integral_constant<bool, static_cast<bool>(functor_traits<T>::LinearAccess)> {};
+
 template <typename Derived, typename Visitor, bool ShortCircuitEvaulation>
 struct visit_impl {
   using Evaluator = visitor_evaluator<Derived>;
@@ -329,8 +336,7 @@ struct visit_impl {
   static constexpr int InnerSizeAtCompileTime = IsRowMajor ? ColsAtCompileTime : RowsAtCompileTime;
   static constexpr int OuterSizeAtCompileTime = IsRowMajor ? RowsAtCompileTime : ColsAtCompileTime;
 
-  static constexpr bool LinearAccess =
-      Evaluator::LinearAccess && static_cast<bool>(functor_traits<Visitor>::LinearAccess);
+  static constexpr bool LinearAccess = Evaluator::LinearAccess && visitor_has_linear_access<Visitor>::value;
   static constexpr bool Vectorize = Evaluator::PacketAccess && static_cast<bool>(functor_traits<Visitor>::PacketAccess);
 
   static constexpr int PacketSize = packet_traits<Scalar>::size;
diff --git a/test/visitor.cpp b/test/visitor.cpp
index 7c6d4ff19..27ca18415 100644
--- a/test/visitor.cpp
+++ b/test/visitor.cpp
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ namespace internal {
 
 template <typename T, bool Vectorizable>
 struct functor_traits<TrackedVisitor<T, Vectorizable>> {
-  enum { PacketAccess = Vectorizable, LinearAccess = false, Cost = 1 };
+  enum { PacketAccess = Vectorizable, Cost = 1 };
 };
 
 }  // namespace internal