diff --git a/src/star.jl b/src/star.jl
index b0e971d..100f707 100644
--- a/src/star.jl
+++ b/src/star.jl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Base.adjoint(a::AlgebraElement) = star(a)
 star(x::Any) = x'
 
 function star(X::AlgebraElement)
-    res = star(basis(parent(X)), coeffs(X))
+    res = star(basis(X), coeffs(X))
     return AlgebraElement(res, parent(X))
 end