diff --git a/src/orbitdata.jl b/src/orbitdata.jl
index d7bca32..1e302eb 100644
--- a/src/orbitdata.jl
+++ b/src/orbitdata.jl
@@ -107,11 +107,7 @@ function sparsify!(M::AbstractArray{T}, eps=eps(T); verbose=false) where T
         @info("Sparsifying $(size(M))-matrix... ")
     end
 
-    for n in eachindex(M)
-        if abs(M[n]) < eps
-            M[n] = zero(T)
-        end
-    end
+    clamp_small!(M, eps)
 
     if verbose
         @info("$(rpad(densM, 20)) → $(rpad(dens(M),20))), ($(count(!iszero, M)) non-zeros)")
@@ -120,6 +116,15 @@ function sparsify!(M::AbstractArray{T}, eps=eps(T); verbose=false) where T
     return sparse(M)
 end
 
+function clamp_small!(M::AbstractArray{T}, eps=eps(T)) where T
+    for n in eachindex(M)
+        if abs(M[n]) < eps
+            M[n] = zero(T)
+        end
+    end
+    return M
+end
+
 function sparsify(U::AbstractArray{T}, tol=eps(T); verbose=false) where T
     return sparsify!(deepcopy(U), tol, verbose=verbose)
 end
diff --git a/src/sos_sdps.jl b/src/sos_sdps.jl
index be972ae..22796e9 100644
--- a/src/sos_sdps.jl
+++ b/src/sos_sdps.jl
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ function SOS_problem(X::GroupRingElem, orderunit::GroupRingElem, data::OrbitData
 end
 
 function constraintLHS!(M, cnstr, Us, Ust, dims, eps=1000*eps(eltype(first(M))))
-    for π in eachindex(Us)
-        M[π] = PropertyT.sparsify!(dims[π].*Ust[π]*cnstr*Us[π], eps)
+    for π in 1:endof(Us)
+        M[π] = dims[π].*PropertyT.clamp_small!(Ust[π]*cnstr*Us[π], eps)
     end
 end