diff --git a/inference/Conditional.h b/inference/Conditional.h
index 1ddd29907..dc2b09587 100644
--- a/inference/Conditional.h
+++ b/inference/Conditional.h
@@ -68,11 +68,12 @@ public:
 
   /** Constructor from a frontal variable and an iterator range of parents */
   template<typename Iterator>
-  static Conditional::shared_ptr FromRange(Index key, Iterator firstParent, Iterator lastParent) : nrFrontals_(1) {
+  static Conditional::shared_ptr FromRange(Index key, Iterator firstParent, Iterator lastParent) {
     Conditional::shared_ptr conditional(new Conditional);
+    conditional->nrFrontals_ = 1;
     conditional->keys_.push_back(key);
-    std::copy(firstKey, lastKey, back_inserter(conditional->keys_));
-    return ret;
+    std::copy(firstParent, lastParent, back_inserter(conditional->keys_));
+    return conditional;
   }
 
   /** Named constructor from any number of frontal variables and parents */
diff --git a/inference/inference.cpp b/inference/inference.cpp
index 23732cf8c..f14f2e5ab 100644
--- a/inference/inference.cpp
+++ b/inference/inference.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Inference::EliminateOneSymbolic(FactorGraph<Factor>& factorGraph, VariableIndex<
 
     // Join the factors and eliminate the variable from the joint factor
     tic("EliminateOne: Combine");
-    Conditional::shared_ptr conditional = Conditional::fromRange(involvedKeys.begin(), involvedKeys.end(), 1);
+    Conditional::shared_ptr conditional = Conditional::FromRange(involvedKeys.begin(), involvedKeys.end(), 1);
     Factor::shared_ptr eliminated(new Factor(conditional->beginParents(), conditional->endParents()));
     toc("EliminateOne: Combine");