diff --git a/include/boost/fusion/view/identity_view/identity_view.hpp b/include/boost/fusion/view/identity_view/identity_view.hpp
index f26f2bc7..e7efdb7a 100644
--- a/include/boost/fusion/view/identity_view/identity_view.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/fusion/view/identity_view/identity_view.hpp
@@ -10,18 +10,34 @@
 #include <boost/fusion/support/config.hpp>
 #include <boost/fusion/view/transform_view.hpp>
 #include <boost/functional/identity.hpp>
+#include <boost/utility/result_of.hpp>
+
+namespace boost { namespace fusion {
+    namespace detail {
+        struct identity : boost::identity
+        {
+        };
+    }
+}}
+
+namespace boost {
+    template<typename T>
+    struct result_of<fusion::detail::identity(T)>
+    {
+        typedef T type;
+    };
+}
 
 namespace boost { namespace fusion {
     template<typename Sequence> struct identity_view 
-        : transform_view<Sequence, boost::identity>
+        : transform_view<Sequence, detail::identity>
     {
-        typedef transform_view<Sequence, boost::identity> base_type;
+        typedef transform_view<Sequence, detail::identity> base_type;
 
         BOOST_CONSTEXPR BOOST_FUSION_GPU_ENABLED
         identity_view(Sequence& in_seq)
-            : base_type(in_seq, boost::identity()) {}
+            : base_type(in_seq, detail::identity()) {}
     };
-
 }}
 
 #endif 
diff --git a/test/sequence/identity_view.cpp b/test/sequence/identity_view.cpp
index 1f8c3de2..e74f9294 100644
--- a/test/sequence/identity_view.cpp
+++ b/test/sequence/identity_view.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ main()
 
         BOOST_TEST((*boost::fusion::advance_c<3>(boost::fusion::begin(xform)) == 8));
         BOOST_TEST((boost::fusion::at_c<2>(xform) == 7));
-        BOOST_MPL_ASSERT((boost::is_same<boost::fusion::result_of::value_at_c<xform_type, 0>::type,  boost::mpl::integral_c<int, 5>&& >));
+        BOOST_MPL_ASSERT((boost::is_same<boost::fusion::result_of::value_at_c<xform_type, 0>::type,  boost::mpl::integral_c<int, 5> >));
     }
     
     {
@@ -153,10 +153,9 @@ main()
         typedef boost::fusion::result_of::next<first>::type second;
         typedef boost::fusion::result_of::next<second>::type third;
 
-        // TODO: why is a boost::fusion::pair<int, char>&& ??
-        BOOST_MPL_ASSERT((boost::is_same<boost::fusion::result_of::value_of<first>::type, boost::fusion::pair<int, char>&& >));
-        BOOST_MPL_ASSERT((boost::is_same<boost::fusion::result_of::value_of<second>::type, boost::fusion::pair<double, std::string>&& >));
-        BOOST_MPL_ASSERT((boost::is_same<boost::fusion::result_of::value_of<third>::type, boost::fusion::pair<abstract, int>&& >));
+        BOOST_MPL_ASSERT((boost::is_same<boost::fusion::result_of::value_of<first>::type, boost::fusion::pair<int, char> >));
+        BOOST_MPL_ASSERT((boost::is_same<boost::fusion::result_of::value_of<second>::type, boost::fusion::pair<double, std::string> >));
+        BOOST_MPL_ASSERT((boost::is_same<boost::fusion::result_of::value_of<third>::type, boost::fusion::pair<abstract, int> >));
     }
 
     {