diff --git a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/matrix_proxy.hpp b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/matrix_proxy.hpp
index 764461d2..f0d51fa1 100644
--- a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/matrix_proxy.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/matrix_proxy.hpp
@@ -4111,7 +4111,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace numeric { namespace ublas {
     BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE
     matrix_slice<const M> subslice (const M &data, typename M::size_type start1, typename M::difference_type stride1, typename M::size_type size1, typename M::size_type start2, typename M::difference_type stride2, typename M::size_type size2) {
         typedef basic_slice<typename M::size_type, typename M::difference_type> slice_type;
-        return matrix_slice<const M> (data (), slice_type (start1, stride1, size1), slice_type (start2, stride2, size2));
+        return matrix_slice<const M> (data, slice_type (start1, stride1, size1), slice_type (start2, stride2, size2));
     }
 
     // Generic Projections