diff --git a/include/boost/numeric/odeint/external/nt2/nt2_norm_inf.hpp b/include/boost/numeric/odeint/external/nt2/nt2_norm_inf.hpp
index fba4559e..81f867e3 100644
--- a/include/boost/numeric/odeint/external/nt2/nt2_norm_inf.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/numeric/odeint/external/nt2/nt2_norm_inf.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 #define BOOST_NUMERIC_ODEINT_EXTERNAL_NT2_NT2_NORM_INF_HPP_INCLUDED
 
 #include <nt2/core/container/table/table.hpp>
-#include <nt2/include/functions/mnorminf.hpp>
+#include <nt2/include/functions/globalmax.hpp>
+#include <nt2/include/functions/abs.hpp>
 
 #include <boost/numeric/odeint/algebra/vector_space_algebra.hpp>
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace numeric { namespace odeint
     typedef T result_type;
     result_type operator()(const nt2::container::table<T,S> &v1) const
     {
-      return mnorminf(v1);
+      return nt2::globalmax(nt2::abs(v1));
     }
   };
 } } }
diff --git a/test_external/nt2/norm_inf.cpp b/test_external/nt2/norm_inf.cpp
index 484200f1..1e120616 100644
--- a/test_external/nt2/norm_inf.cpp
+++ b/test_external/nt2/norm_inf.cpp
@@ -39,12 +39,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE_TEMPLATE( test_norm_inf, T, fp_types )
   nt2::table<T> y = nt2::zeros(8,8, nt2::meta::as_<T>() );
   y(6,4) = -42;
 
-  nt2::table<T> z = nt2::ones(1,10, nt2::meta::as_<T>() );
-  z(4) = 55;
-
   BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(vector_space_norm_inf<nt2::table<T> >()(x) - T(55), T(1e-10));
   BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(vector_space_norm_inf<nt2::table<T> >()(y) - T(42), T(1e-10));
-  BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(vector_space_norm_inf<nt2::table<T> >()(z) - T(64), T(1e-10));
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()