diff --git a/R/deathProbabilities.R b/R/deathProbabilities.R
index 496875408bc160672333d9bc9807ddec7279962e..820adccdac6e31d839cc626abc2b833717e164eb 100644
--- a/R/deathProbabilities.R
+++ b/R/deathProbabilities.R
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ setMethod("deathProbabilities","mortalityTable.improvementFactors",
 #'                                life table given the birth year (if needed)
 setMethod("deathProbabilities","mortalityTable.mixed",
           function (object,  ..., YOB = 1975) {
-              qx1 = deathProbabilities(object@table1, ..., YOB) * (1 + object@loading);
-              qx2 = deathProbabilities(object@table2, ..., YOB) * (1 + object@loading);
-              mixedqx = (object@weight1 * qx1 + object@weight2 * qx2)/(object@weight1 + object@weight2);
+              qx1 = deathProbabilities(object@table1, ..., YOB);
+              qx2 = deathProbabilities(object@table2, ..., YOB);
+              mixedqx = (object@weight1 * qx1 + object@weight2 * qx2)/(object@weight1 + object@weight2) * (1 + object@loading);
               object@modification(mixedqx)
           })
 
diff --git a/R/periodDeathProbabilities.R b/R/periodDeathProbabilities.R
index cbe2220ff3172773204d11e4916fc0bf9f4b15ee..3423faa8eac977e94a6e33f606e535aff4efae33 100644
--- a/R/periodDeathProbabilities.R
+++ b/R/periodDeathProbabilities.R
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ setMethod("periodDeathProbabilities", "mortalityTable.improvementFactors",
 #'             of the life table for a given observation year
 setMethod("periodDeathProbabilities", "mortalityTable.mixed",
           function (object,  ..., Period = 1975) {
-              qx1 = periodDeathProbabilities(object@table1, ..., Period = Period) * (1 + object@loading);
-              qx2 = periodDeathProbabilities(object@table2, ..., Period = Period) * (1 + object@loading);
-              mixedqx = (object@weight1 * qx1 + object@weight2 * qx2) / (object@weight1 + object@weight2);
+              qx1 = periodDeathProbabilities(object@table1, ..., Period = Period);
+              qx2 = periodDeathProbabilities(object@table2, ..., Period = Period);
+              mixedqx = (object@weight1 * qx1 + object@weight2 * qx2) / (object@weight1 + object@weight2) * (1 + object@loading);
               object@modification(mixedqx)
           })