diff --git a/Surface_mesh_segmentation/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_segmentation.h b/Surface_mesh_segmentation/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_segmentation.h
index f1587fb2885..d27e7b75253 100644
--- a/Surface_mesh_segmentation/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_segmentation.h
+++ b/Surface_mesh_segmentation/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_segmentation.h
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ void Surface_mesh_segmentation<Polyhedron>::arrange_center_orientation(
 
   //Option-3
   Ray ray(center, unit_normal);
-  Kernel::Do_intersect_3 intersector = Kernel().do_intersect_3_object();
+  typename Kernel::Do_intersect_3 intersector = Kernel().do_intersect_3_object();
   if(!intersector(ray, plane)) {
     return;
   }