diff --git a/utilities/document/json_document.cc b/utilities/document/json_document.cc
index 99376d2b5..b8d178bb2 100644
--- a/utilities/document/json_document.cc
+++ b/utilities/document/json_document.cc
@@ -588,8 +588,8 @@ JSONDocument::const_item_iterator::~const_item_iterator() {
 
 JSONDocument::const_item_iterator::value_type
   JSONDocument::const_item_iterator::operator*() {
-  return {std::string(it_->getKeyStr(), it_->klen()),
-    JSONDocument(it_->value(), false)};
+  return JSONDocument::const_item_iterator::value_type(std::string(it_->getKeyStr(), it_->klen()),
+    JSONDocument(it_->value(), false));
 }
 
 JSONDocument::ItemsIteratorGenerator::ItemsIteratorGenerator(