diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDAlgorithms/src/TransposeMD.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDAlgorithms/src/TransposeMD.cpp
index ec48630ce7ed5e2ca5b74df037dea29812688f6f..12cc1a5e7cc7d9b6d270e3ca875f4895743c1e74 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDAlgorithms/src/TransposeMD.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDAlgorithms/src/TransposeMD.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void TransposeMD::exec() {
       outWS->setSignalAt(index, inIterator->getSignal());
       const signal_t error = inIterator->getError();
       outWS->setErrorSquaredAt(index, error * error);
-      outWS->setNumEventsAt(index, inIterator->getNumEvents());
+      outWS->setNumEventsAt(index, Mantid::signal_t(inIterator->getNumEvents()));
       outWS->setMDMaskAt(index, inIterator->getIsMasked());
       progress.report();
     } while (inIterator->next());