diff --git a/matlab/get_minimal_state_representation.m b/matlab/get_minimal_state_representation.m
index fa2564884..1ce6da53c 100644
--- a/matlab/get_minimal_state_representation.m
+++ b/matlab/get_minimal_state_representation.m
@@ -253,7 +253,9 @@ function [abar,bbar,cbar,t,k] = ControllabilityStaircaseRosenbrock(a, b, c, tol)
     for jj = 1 : ra
         [uj,sj,vj] = svd(bjn1);
         [rsj,csj] = size(sj);
-        p = flip(eye(rsj),2);
+        %p = flip(eye(rsj),2);
+        p = eye(rsj);
+        p = p(:,end:-1:1);
         p = permute(p,[2 1 3:ndims(eye(rsj))]);
         uj = uj*p;
         bb = uj'*bjn1;