diff --git a/rice/Object.cpp b/rice/Object.cpp
index 4516e5a7b..43dcde5bd 100644
--- a/rice/Object.cpp
+++ b/rice/Object.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ vcall(
     a[i] = it->value();
   }
 
-  return protect(rb_funcall3, *this, id, (int)args.size(), &a[0]);
+  return protect(rb_funcall3, *this, id, (int)args.size(), a.data());
 }
 
 void Rice::Object::
diff --git a/rice/Object.ipp b/rice/Object.ipp
index 617806bc8..fd210c8a2 100644
--- a/rice/Object.ipp
+++ b/rice/Object.ipp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ inline Rice::Object Rice::Object::
 call(Identifier id, ArgT... args) const
 {
   auto asList = this->convert_args<ArgT...>(args...);
-  return protect(rb_funcall2, value(), id, (int)asList.size(), &asList[0]);
+  return protect(rb_funcall2, value(), id, (int)asList.size(), asList.data());
 }
 
 template<typename ...ArgT>