diff --git a/packages/muelu/src/Utils/MueLu_Utilities_decl.hpp b/packages/muelu/src/Utils/MueLu_Utilities_decl.hpp
index e1988f482445..480114b28908 100644
--- a/packages/muelu/src/Utils/MueLu_Utilities_decl.hpp
+++ b/packages/muelu/src/Utils/MueLu_Utilities_decl.hpp
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ class Utilities<double, int, int, Xpetra::EpetraNode> : public UtilitiesBase<dou
         using Helpers = Xpetra::Helpers<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>;
         /***************************************************************/
         if (Helpers::isTpetraCrs(Op)) {
-          const Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>& tpetraOp = Utilities<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>::Op2TpetraCrs(Op);
+          const Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>& tpetraOp = toTpetra(Op);
 
           // Compute the transpose A of the Tpetra matrix tpetraOp.
           RCP<Tpetra::CrsMatrix<Scalar, LocalOrdinal, GlobalOrdinal, Node>> A;