diff --git a/Point_set_processing_3/include/CGAL/IO/read_las_points.h b/Point_set_processing_3/include/CGAL/IO/read_las_points.h
index 49023179e2f..92a9a723046 100644
--- a/Point_set_processing_3/include/CGAL/IO/read_las_points.h
+++ b/Point_set_processing_3/include/CGAL/IO/read_las_points.h
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ CGAL_DEPRECATED bool read_las_points(std::istream& is,
   using parameters::get_parameter;
 
   typedef typename CGAL::GetPointMap<Point_set_processing_3::Fake_point_range<OutputIteratorValueType>, CGAL_BGL_NP_CLASS>::type PointMap;
-  PointMap point_map = choose_parameter<PointMap>(get_parameter(np, internal_np::point_map));
+  PointMap point_map = choose_parameter<typename CGAL::GetPointMap<Point_set_processing_3::Fake_point_range<OutputIteratorValueType>, CGAL_BGL_NP_CLASS>::type>(get_parameter(np, internal_np::point_map));
 
   return read_LAS(is, output, make_las_point_reader(point_map));
 }