diff --git a/src/samplefunctional.hh b/src/samplefunctional.hh
index c02066d44747a18d22d48921884afb9a38fadd4c..7504cb8070336dd3830de9dcf28e912a24050d88 100644
--- a/src/samplefunctional.hh
+++ b/src/samplefunctional.hh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ template <int dim> class SampleFunctional {
         ret = d;
         ret *= -1;
       } else {
-        ret = SmallVector(0.0);
+        ret = 0;
       }
       return;
     }