diff --git a/src/tiffcomposite_int.hpp b/src/tiffcomposite_int.hpp
index 8e99d6d1..2f2859e9 100644
--- a/src/tiffcomposite_int.hpp
+++ b/src/tiffcomposite_int.hpp
@@ -1512,15 +1512,16 @@ namespace Exiv2 {
 
     //! Function to create and initialize a new binary array entry
     template<const ArrayCfg* arrayCfg, int N, const ArrayDef (&arrayDef)[N]>
-    TiffComponent::AutoPtr newTiffBinaryArray(uint16_t tag, uint16_t group)
+    TiffComponent::AutoPtr newTiffBinaryArray0(uint16_t tag, uint16_t group)
     {
+        // *& acrobatics is a workaround for a MSVC 7.1 bug
         return TiffComponent::AutoPtr(
-            new TiffBinaryArray(tag, group, arrayCfg, arrayDef, N));
+            new TiffBinaryArray(tag, group, arrayCfg, *(&arrayDef), N));
     }
 
     //! Function to create and initialize a new simple binary array entry
     template<const ArrayCfg* arrayCfg>
-    TiffComponent::AutoPtr newTiffBinaryArray(uint16_t tag, uint16_t group)
+    TiffComponent::AutoPtr newTiffBinaryArray1(uint16_t tag, uint16_t group)
     {
         return TiffComponent::AutoPtr(
             new TiffBinaryArray(tag, group, arrayCfg, 0, 0));
diff --git a/src/tiffimage.cpp b/src/tiffimage.cpp
index 7866aab5..abb23479 100644
--- a/src/tiffimage.cpp
+++ b/src/tiffimage.cpp
@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ namespace Exiv2 {
 }                                       // namespace Exiv2
 
 // Shortcuts for the newTiffBinaryArray templates.
-#define EXV_BINARY_ARRAY(arrayCfg, arrayDef) (newTiffBinaryArray<&arrayCfg, EXV_COUNTOF(arrayDef), arrayDef>)
-#define EXV_SIMPLE_BINARY_ARRAY(arrayCfg) (newTiffBinaryArray<&arrayCfg>)
+#define EXV_BINARY_ARRAY(arrayCfg, arrayDef) (newTiffBinaryArray0<&arrayCfg, EXV_COUNTOF(arrayDef), arrayDef>)
+#define EXV_SIMPLE_BINARY_ARRAY(arrayCfg) (newTiffBinaryArray1<&arrayCfg>)
 #define EXV_COMPLEX_BINARY_ARRAY(arraySet, cfgSelFct) (newTiffBinaryArray2<arraySet, EXV_COUNTOF(arraySet), cfgSelFct>)
 
 namespace Exiv2 {