diff --git a/selfdrive/modeld/modeld.cc b/selfdrive/modeld/modeld.cc
index e69d96c2cf..c8922b2b85 100644
--- a/selfdrive/modeld/modeld.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/modeld/modeld.cc
@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ void* live_thread(void *arg) {
     -1.09890110e-03, 0.00000000e+00, 2.81318681e-01,
     -1.84808520e-20, 9.00738606e-04,-4.28751576e-02;
 
-  Eigen::Matrix<float, 3, 3> fcam_intrinsics;
-  for (auto &v : fcam_intrinsic_matrix.v) {
-    fcam_intrinsics << v;
-  }
+  Eigen::Matrix<float, 3, 3> fcam_intrinsics(fcam_intrinsic_matrix.v);
 #ifndef QCOM2
   float db_s = 0.5; // debayering does a 2x downscale
 #else