diff --git a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/iterator.hpp b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/iterator.hpp
index 7c596dea..dae3b452 100644
--- a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/iterator.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/iterator.hpp
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace numeric { namespace ublas {
         reverse_iterator_base (const iterator_type &it):
             std::reverse_iterator<iterator_type> (it) {}
 
-#if BOOST_UBLAS_REVERSE_ITERATOR_OVERLOADS
+#ifndef BOOST_UBLAS_NO_REVERSE_ITERATOR_OVERLOADS
         // Arithmetic
         BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE
         reverse_iterator_base &operator ++ () {