diff --git a/nalgebra-sparse/src/ops/impl_std_ops.rs b/nalgebra-sparse/src/ops/impl_std_ops.rs
index 9309ff93..d62519e9 100644
--- a/nalgebra-sparse/src/ops/impl_std_ops.rs
+++ b/nalgebra-sparse/src/ops/impl_std_ops.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::csc::CscMatrix;
 use std::ops::{Add, Div, DivAssign, Mul, MulAssign, Sub, Neg};
 use crate::ops::serial::{spadd_csr_prealloc, spadd_csc_prealloc, spadd_pattern, spmm_csr_pattern, spmm_csr_prealloc, spmm_csc_prealloc, spmm_csc_dense, spmm_csr_dense, spmm_csc_pattern};
 use nalgebra::{ClosedAdd, ClosedMul, ClosedSub, ClosedDiv, Scalar, Matrix, MatrixMN, Dim,
-               DMatrixSlice, DMatrixSliceMut, DMatrix, Dynamic, DefaultAllocator, U1};
+               Dynamic, DefaultAllocator, U1};
 use nalgebra::allocator::{Allocator};
 use nalgebra::constraint::{DimEq, ShapeConstraint};
 use num_traits::{Zero, One};
@@ -264,8 +264,34 @@ impl_div!(CsrMatrix);
 impl_div!(CscMatrix);
 
 macro_rules! impl_spmm_cs_dense {
-    ($matrix_type:ident, $spmm_fn:ident) => {
-        impl<'a, T, R, C, S> Mul<&'a Matrix<T, R, C, S>> for &'a $matrix_type<T>
+    ($matrix_type_name:ident, $spmm_fn:ident) => {
+        // Implement ref-ref
+        impl_spmm_cs_dense!(&'a $matrix_type_name<T>, &'a Matrix<T, R, C, S>, $spmm_fn, |lhs, rhs| {
+            let (_, ncols) = rhs.data.shape();
+            let nrows = Dynamic::new(lhs.nrows());
+            let mut result = MatrixMN::<T, Dynamic, C>::zeros_generic(nrows, ncols);
+            $spmm_fn(T::zero(), &mut result, T::one(), Op::NoOp(lhs), Op::NoOp(rhs));
+            result
+        });
+
+        // Implement the other combinations by deferring to ref-ref
+        impl_spmm_cs_dense!(&'a $matrix_type_name<T>, Matrix<T, R, C, S>, $spmm_fn, |lhs, rhs| {
+            lhs * &rhs
+        });
+        impl_spmm_cs_dense!($matrix_type_name<T>, &'a Matrix<T, R, C, S>, $spmm_fn, |lhs, rhs| {
+            &lhs * rhs
+        });
+        impl_spmm_cs_dense!($matrix_type_name<T>, Matrix<T, R, C, S>, $spmm_fn, |lhs, rhs| {
+            &lhs * &rhs
+        });
+    };
+
+    // Main body of the macro. The first pattern just forwards to this pattern but with
+    // different arguments
+    ($sparse_matrix_type:ty, $dense_matrix_type:ty, $spmm_fn:ident,
+        |$lhs:ident, $rhs:ident| $body:tt) =>
+    {
+        impl<'a, T, R, C, S> Mul<$dense_matrix_type> for $sparse_matrix_type
         where
             T: Scalar + ClosedMul + ClosedAdd + ClosedSub + ClosedDiv + Neg + Zero + One,
             R: Dim,
@@ -287,16 +313,10 @@ macro_rules! impl_spmm_cs_dense {
             // we also get a vector (and not a matrix)
             type Output = MatrixMN<T, Dynamic, C>;
 
-            fn mul(self, rhs: &'a Matrix<T, R, C, S>) -> Self::Output {
-                // let rhs = rhs.into();
-                let (_, ncols) = rhs.data.shape();
-                let nrows = Dynamic::new(self.nrows());
-                let mut result = MatrixMN::<T, Dynamic, C>::zeros_generic(nrows, ncols);
-                {
-                    // let result: DMatrixSliceMut<_> = (&mut result).into();
-                    $spmm_fn(T::zero(), &mut result, T::one(), Op::NoOp(self), Op::NoOp(rhs));
-                }
-                result
+            fn mul(self, rhs: $dense_matrix_type) -> Self::Output {
+                let $lhs = self;
+                let $rhs = rhs;
+                $body
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/nalgebra-sparse/tests/unit_tests/ops.rs b/nalgebra-sparse/tests/unit_tests/ops.rs
index 0bc6b42a..4e789eb3 100644
--- a/nalgebra-sparse/tests/unit_tests/ops.rs
+++ b/nalgebra-sparse/tests/unit_tests/ops.rs
@@ -1123,7 +1123,11 @@ proptest! {
                 (Just(a), b)
             }))
     {
-        prop_assert_eq!(&a * &b, &DMatrix::from(&a) * &b);
+        let expected = DMatrix::from(&a) * &b;
+        prop_assert_eq!(&a * &b, expected.clone());
+        prop_assert_eq!(&a * b.clone(), expected.clone());
+        prop_assert_eq!(a.clone() * &b, expected.clone());
+        prop_assert_eq!(a.clone() * b.clone(), expected.clone());
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -1137,7 +1141,11 @@ proptest! {
                 (Just(a), b)
             }))
     {
-        prop_assert_eq!(&a * &b, &DMatrix::from(&a) * &b);
+        let expected = DMatrix::from(&a) * &b;
+        prop_assert_eq!(&a * &b, expected.clone());
+        prop_assert_eq!(&a * b.clone(), expected.clone());
+        prop_assert_eq!(a.clone() * &b, expected.clone());
+        prop_assert_eq!(a.clone() * b.clone(), expected.clone());
     }
 
     #[test]