diff --git a/selfdrive/modeld/modeld.cc b/selfdrive/modeld/modeld.cc
index c8922b2b85..64d32bb7b8 100644
--- a/selfdrive/modeld/modeld.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/modeld/modeld.cc
@@ -36,7 +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(fcam_intrinsic_matrix.v);
+  Eigen::Matrix<float, 3, 3> fcam_intrinsics = Eigen::Matrix<float, 3, 3, Eigen::RowMajor>(fcam_intrinsic_matrix.v);
 #ifndef QCOM2
   float db_s = 0.5; // debayering does a 2x downscale
 #else