diff --git a/Triangulation_3/include/CGAL/Triangulation_data_structure_3.h b/Triangulation_3/include/CGAL/Triangulation_data_structure_3.h
index 872563d91e4..35403775397 100644
--- a/Triangulation_3/include/CGAL/Triangulation_data_structure_3.h
+++ b/Triangulation_3/include/CGAL/Triangulation_data_structure_3.h
@@ -2844,7 +2844,7 @@ copy_tds(const Tds & tds, Vertex_handle vert )
   set_dimension(tds.dimension());
 
   // Number of pointers to cell/vertex to copy per cell.
-  int dim = std::max(1, dimension() + 1);
+  int dim = (std::max)(1, dimension() + 1);
 
   if (n == 0)
       return vert;