diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/MatrixSpace/MatrixSpace.H b/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/MatrixSpace/MatrixSpace.H
index f06874f..4e47c92 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/MatrixSpace/MatrixSpace.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/MatrixSpace/MatrixSpace.H
@@ -172,7 +172,15 @@ public:
                     SubTensor::mRows,
                     SubTensor::nCols
                 >& matrix
-            );
+            ){
+    for (direction i=0; i<mRows; ++i)
+    {
+        for (direction j=0; j<nCols; ++j)
+        {
+            operator()(i,j) = matrix(i,j);
+        }
+    }
+}
 
             //- Assignment to a column vector
             template<class VSForm>
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/MatrixSpace/MatrixSpaceI.H b/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/MatrixSpace/MatrixSpaceI.H
index 207162b..3fc46dd 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/MatrixSpace/MatrixSpaceI.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/MatrixSpace/MatrixSpaceI.H
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ inline void Foam::MatrixSpace<Form, Cmpt, Mrows, Ncols>::operator=
     }
 }
 
-
+#if 0
 template<class Form, class Cmpt, Foam::direction Mrows, Foam::direction Ncols>
 template<class SubTensor, Foam::direction BRowStart, Foam::direction BColStart>
 template<class Form2>
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ operator=
         }
     }
 }
-
+#endif
 
 template<class Form, class Cmpt, Foam::direction Mrows, Foam::direction Ncols>
 template<class SubTensor, Foam::direction BRowStart, Foam::direction BColStart>