diff --git a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/hermitian.hpp b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/hermitian.hpp
index c3c523e3..3dc3302c 100644
--- a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/hermitian.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/hermitian.hpp
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace numeric { namespace ublas {
         // Assignment
         BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE
         hermitian_adaptor &operator = (const hermitian_adaptor &m) {
-            matrix_assign (scalar_assign<BOOST_UBLAS_TYPENAME iterator1_type::reference, value_type> (), *this, m, functor_type ());
+            matrix_assign (scalar_assign<BOOST_UBLAS_TYPENAME iterator1_type::reference, value_type> (), functor_type (), *this, m);
             return *this;
         }
         BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE
@@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace numeric { namespace ublas {
                                    (current_ == 0 && it1_ != it1_end_) ||
                                    (current_ == 1 && it2_ != it2_end_), internal_logic ());
             }
-            // FIXME cannot compiler
+            // FIXME cannot compile
             //  iterator1 does not have these members!
             BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE
             const_iterator1 (const iterator1 &it):