diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/TriMeshT.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/TriMeshT.hh
index 816f3903..95bcbe63 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/TriMeshT.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/TriMeshT.hh
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public:
   /// Edge split (= 2-to-4 split)
   /// Do not call PolyMeshT function below as this does the wrong operation
   inline void split(EdgeHandle _eh, const Point& _p)
-  { Kernel::split(_eh, add_vertex(_p)); }
+  { Kernel::split(_eh, this->add_vertex(_p)); }
 
   inline void split(EdgeHandle _eh, VertexHandle _vh)
   { Kernel::split(_eh, _vh); }