diff --git a/include/ndarray/converter/eigen.h b/include/ndarray/converter/eigen.h
index 30895fc6..9f56fb5e 100644
--- a/include/ndarray/converter/eigen.h
+++ b/include/ndarray/converter/eigen.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ template <typename T, int N, int C, typename XprKind_, int Rows_, int Cols_>
 struct PyConverter< EigenView<T,N,C,XprKind_,Rows_,Cols_> > {
 
     static bool fromPythonStage1(PyPtr & p) {
-        auto array = reinterpret_cast<PyArrayObject*>(p.get());
         // add or remove dimensions with size one so we have the right number of dimensions
         if (PyArray_Check(p.get())) {
             if ((Rows_ == 1 || Cols_ == 1) && N == 2) {
@@ -41,17 +40,18 @@ struct PyConverter< EigenView<T,N,C,XprKind_,Rows_,Cols_> > {
                     shape[1] = 1;
                 }
                 PyArray_Dims dims = { shape, 2 };
-                PyPtr r(PyArray_Newshape(array, &dims, NPY_ANYORDER));
+                PyPtr r(PyArray_Newshape(reinterpret_cast<PyArrayObject*>(p.get()), &dims, NPY_ANYORDER));
                 if (!r) return false;
                 p.swap(r);
             } else if (N == 1) {
-                PyPtr r(PyArray_Squeeze(array));
+                PyPtr r(PyArray_Squeeze(reinterpret_cast<PyArrayObject*>(p.get())));
                 if (!r) return false;
                 p.swap(r);
             }
         } // else let the Array converter raise the exception
         if (!PyConverter< Array<T,N,C> >::fromPythonStage1(p)) return false;
         // check whether the size is correct if it's static
+        auto array = reinterpret_cast<PyArrayObject*>(p.get());
         if (N == 2) {
             if (Rows_ != Eigen::Dynamic && PyArray_DIM(array, 0) != Rows_) {
                 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "incorrect number of rows for matrix");
diff --git a/tests/pybind11_test.py b/tests/pybind11_test.py
index 82e65b5f..911f19e1 100755
--- a/tests/pybind11_test.py
+++ b/tests/pybind11_test.py
@@ -88,5 +88,12 @@ def testNone(self):
         self.assertEqual(pybind11_test_mod.acceptNoneMatrix2d(m2), 4)
         self.assertEqual(pybind11_test_mod.acceptNoneMatrix2d(None), 5)
         self.assertEqual(pybind11_test_mod.acceptNoneMatrix2d(), 5)
+
+    def testFullySpecifiedMatrix(self):
+        # Failure on this specific case was not caught by other unit tests
+        a = numpy.array([[ 1.,  0.], [ 0.,  1.]])
+        b = numpy.array([ 0.,  0.])
+        self.assert_(pybind11_test_mod.acceptFullySpecifiedMatrix(a, b))
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/tests/pybind11_test_mod.cc b/tests/pybind11_test_mod.cc
index 5e75def6..1e008ed4 100644
--- a/tests/pybind11_test_mod.cc
+++ b/tests/pybind11_test_mod.cc
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ struct MatrixOwner {
     explicit MatrixOwner() : member(MemberMatrix::Zero()) {}
 };
 
+bool acceptFullySpecifiedMatrix(Eigen::Matrix<double, 2, 2, 0, 2, 2> const & a, Eigen::Matrix<double, 2, 1, 0, 2, 1> const & b) {
+    return true;
+};
+
 PYBIND11_PLUGIN(pybind11_test_mod) {
     pybind11::module mod("pybind11_test_mod", "Tests for the ndarray library");
 
@@ -159,6 +163,7 @@ PYBIND11_PLUGIN(pybind11_test_mod) {
     mod.def("acceptNoneArray", acceptNoneArray, "array"_a = nullptr);
     mod.def("acceptNoneMatrixXd", acceptNoneMatrixXd, "matrix"_a = nullptr);
     mod.def("acceptNoneMatrix2d", acceptNoneMatrix2d, "matrix"_a = nullptr);
+    mod.def("acceptFullySpecifiedMatrix", acceptFullySpecifiedMatrix);
 
     return mod.ptr();
 }
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