diff --git a/src/numpy/ndarray.cpp b/src/numpy/ndarray.cpp
index af09ecc33..921775393 100644
--- a/src/numpy/ndarray.cpp
+++ b/src/numpy/ndarray.cpp
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ ndarray from_data_impl(void * data,
     (PyArray_NewFromDescr(&PyArray_Type,
 			  incref_dtype(dt),
 			  shape.size(),
-			  const_cast<Py_intptr_t*>(&shape.front()),
-			  const_cast<Py_intptr_t*>(&strides.front()),
+			  const_cast<Py_intptr_t*>(shape.data()),
+			  const_cast<Py_intptr_t*>(strides.data()),
 			  data,
 			  flags,
 			  NULL)));