diff --git a/include/tl/optional.hpp b/include/tl/optional.hpp
index 1a78a41..37b774a 100644
--- a/include/tl/optional.hpp
+++ b/include/tl/optional.hpp
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ struct optional_copy_base<T, false> : optional_operations_base<T> {
 
   optional_copy_base() = default;
   optional_copy_base(const optional_copy_base &rhs)
-  : optional_copy_base() {
+  : optional_operations_base<T>() {
     if (rhs.has_value()) {
       this->construct(rhs.get());
     } else {