diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Geometry/VectorT.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Geometry/VectorT.hh
index 45614868..5b552072 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Geometry/VectorT.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Geometry/VectorT.hh
@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ VectorT<double,3>::operator%(const VectorT<double,3>& _rhs) const
 
 /// \relates OpenMesh::VectorT
 /// scalar * vector
-template<typename Scalar,int N>
-inline VectorT<Scalar,N> operator*(Scalar _s, const VectorT<Scalar,N>& _v) {
-  return VectorT<Scalar,N>(_v) *= _s;
+template<typename Scalar1, typename Scalar2,int N>
+inline VectorT<Scalar1,N> operator*(Scalar2 _s, const VectorT<Scalar1,N> _v) {
+  return _v*_s;
 }