diff --git a/core/src/Kokkos_View.hpp b/core/src/Kokkos_View.hpp
index 356a293299..321bb56e3c 100644
--- a/core/src/Kokkos_View.hpp
+++ b/core/src/Kokkos_View.hpp
@@ -1815,12 +1815,12 @@ KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION bool operator==(const View<LT, LP...>& lhs,
                       typename rhs_traits::array_layout>::value &&
          std::is_same<typename lhs_traits::memory_space,
                       typename rhs_traits::memory_space>::value &&
-         unsigned(lhs_traits::rank) == unsigned(rhs_traits::rank) &&
-         lhs.data() == rhs.data() && lhs.span() == rhs.span() &&
-         lhs.extent(0) == rhs.extent(0) && lhs.extent(1) == rhs.extent(1) &&
-         lhs.extent(2) == rhs.extent(2) && lhs.extent(3) == rhs.extent(3) &&
-         lhs.extent(4) == rhs.extent(4) && lhs.extent(5) == rhs.extent(5) &&
-         lhs.extent(6) == rhs.extent(6) && lhs.extent(7) == rhs.extent(7);
+         lhs.rank() == rhs.rank() && lhs.data() == rhs.data() &&
+         lhs.span() == rhs.span() && lhs.extent(0) == rhs.extent(0) &&
+         lhs.extent(1) == rhs.extent(1) && lhs.extent(2) == rhs.extent(2) &&
+         lhs.extent(3) == rhs.extent(3) && lhs.extent(4) == rhs.extent(4) &&
+         lhs.extent(5) == rhs.extent(5) && lhs.extent(6) == rhs.extent(6) &&
+         lhs.extent(7) == rhs.extent(7);
 }
 
 template <class LT, class... LP, class RT, class... RP>