diff --git a/dune/common/tuples.hh b/dune/common/tuples.hh
index 19566caf55c5a4126e32c0650dba9aa952270fb4..b77bbbb1c7dd76dad0fafb96cc3f8b55549a9ec7 100644
--- a/dune/common/tuples.hh
+++ b/dune/common/tuples.hh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace Dune {
   template<class T>
   struct TupleAccessTraits<T&>
   {
-    typedef typename ConstantVolatileTraits<T>::ConstType& ConstType;
+    typedef T& ConstType;
     typedef T& NonConstType;
     typedef T& ParameterType;
   };