diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/elu.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/elu.hpp
index 5e273a6dc1..a4b232377c 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/elu.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/elu.hpp
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class ELU
   template<typename eT>
   void Fn(const arma::Mat<eT>& x, arma::Mat<eT>& y)
   {
-    y.set_size(size(x));
+    y.set_size(arma::size(x));
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < x.n_elem; i++)
     {