diff --git a/include/pcl_conversions/pcl_conversions.h b/include/pcl_conversions/pcl_conversions.h
index 7c9df674..b8d90a9c 100644
--- a/include/pcl_conversions/pcl_conversions.h
+++ b/include/pcl_conversions/pcl_conversions.h
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ namespace pcl {
   {
     pcl::PCLPointCloud2 pcl_pc2;
     pcl_conversions::toPCL(cloud, pcl_pc2);
-    pcl::toPCLPointCloud2(pcl_cloud, cloud);
+    pcl::fromPCLPointCloud2(pcl_pc2, pcl_cloud);
   }
 
   template<typename T>
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ namespace pcl {
   {
     pcl::PCLPointCloud2 pcl_pc2;
     pcl_conversions::moveToPCL(cloud, pcl_pc2);
-    pcl::toPCLPointCloud2(pcl_cloud, cloud);
+    pcl::fromPCLPointCloud2(pcl_pc2, pcl_cloud);
   }
 
   /** Overload pcl::createMapping **/
@@ -845,4 +845,4 @@ namespace ros
 } // namespace ros
 
 
-#endif /* PCL_CONVERSIONS_H__ */
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+#endif /* PCL_CONVERSIONS_H__ */