diff --git a/Components/Metrics/AdvancedMattesMutualInformation/itkParzenWindowMutualInformationImageToImageMetric.hxx b/Components/Metrics/AdvancedMattesMutualInformation/itkParzenWindowMutualInformationImageToImageMetric.hxx
index 2ba066bc4..4b41ae4ec 100644
--- a/Components/Metrics/AdvancedMattesMutualInformation/itkParzenWindowMutualInformationImageToImageMetric.hxx
+++ b/Components/Metrics/AdvancedMattesMutualInformation/itkParzenWindowMutualInformationImageToImageMetric.hxx
@@ -292,8 +292,7 @@ ParzenWindowMutualInformationImageToImageMetric<TFixedImage, TMovingImage>::Comp
   if (this->GetUseJacobianPreconditioning())
   {
     jacobianPreconditioner = DerivativeType(nzji.size());
-    preconditioningDivisor = DerivativeType(this->GetNumberOfParameters());
-    preconditioningDivisor.Fill(0.0);
+    preconditioningDivisor = DerivativeType(this->GetNumberOfParameters(), 0.0);
   }
 
   /** Get a handle to the sample container. */
@@ -431,8 +430,7 @@ ParzenWindowMutualInformationImageToImageMetric<TFixedImage, TMovingImage>::Thre
   if (this->GetUseJacobianPreconditioning())
   {
     jacobianPreconditioner = DerivativeType(nzji.size());
-    preconditioningDivisor = DerivativeType(this->GetNumberOfParameters());
-    preconditioningDivisor.Fill(0.0);
+    preconditioningDivisor = DerivativeType(this->GetNumberOfParameters(), 0.0);
   }
 
   /** Get a handle to the sample container. */
diff --git a/Components/Metrics/VarianceOverLastDimension/itkVarianceOverLastDimensionImageMetric.hxx b/Components/Metrics/VarianceOverLastDimension/itkVarianceOverLastDimensionImageMetric.hxx
index ace43292d..91f45ecab 100644
--- a/Components/Metrics/VarianceOverLastDimension/itkVarianceOverLastDimensionImageMetric.hxx
+++ b/Components/Metrics/VarianceOverLastDimension/itkVarianceOverLastDimensionImageMetric.hxx
@@ -460,8 +460,7 @@ VarianceOverLastDimensionImageMetric<TFixedImage, TMovingImage>::GetValueAndDeri
       }
       else
       {
-        dMTdmu[d] = DerivativeType(Superclass::m_AdvancedTransform->GetNumberOfNonZeroJacobianIndices());
-        dMTdmu[d].Fill(DerivativeValueType{});
+        dMTdmu[d] = DerivativeType(Superclass::m_AdvancedTransform->GetNumberOfNonZeroJacobianIndices(), DerivativeValueType{});
         nzjis[d] = NonZeroJacobianIndicesType(Superclass::m_AdvancedTransform->GetNumberOfNonZeroJacobianIndices(), 0);
       } // end if sampleOk
     }