diff --git a/R/utilityFunctions.R b/R/utilityFunctions.R
index 78365ab8acfbeff3e598375e2381de9c9b634b69..46b53f11a7b5e467267990b099520ceb0ec8d589 100644
--- a/R/utilityFunctions.R
+++ b/R/utilityFunctions.R
@@ -119,11 +119,10 @@ mT.scaleProbs = function(table, factor = 1.0, name.postfix = "scaled", name = pa
 
 
 #' @export
-mT.setTrend = function(table, trend, trendages = ages(table), baseYear = baseYear(table)) {
+mT.setTrend = function(table, trend, trendages = ages(table), baseYear = table@baseYear) {
     if (!is(table, "mortalityTable"))
         stop("First argument must be a mortalityTable.")
 
-    trend[table@ages %in% trendages]
     t = mortalityTable.trendProjection(
         table,
         baseYear = baseYear,