diff --git a/dune/fufem/functionspacebases/dunefunctionsbasis.hh b/dune/fufem/functionspacebases/dunefunctionsbasis.hh
index 8d224eccc0d3da77ebed8dcc301299302cf34c56..0d9cd0942ba76cdee5b6b6b8ca04d15e2e5e767a 100644
--- a/dune/fufem/functionspacebases/dunefunctionsbasis.hh
+++ b/dune/fufem/functionspacebases/dunefunctionsbasis.hh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public:
    */
   size_t size() const
   {
-    return dfBasis_.indexSet().size();
+    return dfBasis_.size();
   }
 
   /** \brief Get a local finite element (i.e., a set of shape functions) for the given element