diff --git a/src/algebra/TinyMatrix.hpp b/src/algebra/TinyMatrix.hpp
index e347650b362e32a9e37ccc58841b02674967aead..c4e98a14929b4daaad9b5fcf1b65a1b400f9318f 100644
--- a/src/algebra/TinyMatrix.hpp
+++ b/src/algebra/TinyMatrix.hpp
@@ -427,24 +427,24 @@ getMinor(const TinyMatrix<M, N, T>& A, size_t I, size_t J)
 {
   static_assert(M >= 2 and N >= 2, "minor calculation requires at least 2x2 matrices");
   Assert((I < M) and (J < N));
-  TinyMatrix<M - 1, N - 1, T> minor;
+  TinyMatrix<M - 1, N - 1, T> m;
   for (size_t i = 0; i < I; ++i) {
     for (size_t j = 0; j < J; ++j) {
-      minor(i, j) = A(i, j);
+      m(i, j) = A(i, j);
     }
     for (size_t j = J + 1; j < N; ++j) {
-      minor(i, j - 1) = A(i, j);
+      m(i, j - 1) = A(i, j);
     }
   }
   for (size_t i = I + 1; i < M; ++i) {
     for (size_t j = 0; j < J; ++j) {
-      minor(i - 1, j) = A(i, j);
+      m(i - 1, j) = A(i, j);
     }
     for (size_t j = J + 1; j < N; ++j) {
-      minor(i - 1, j - 1) = A(i, j);
+      m(i - 1, j - 1) = A(i, j);
     }
   }
-  return minor;
+  return m;
 }
 
 template <size_t N, typename T>