diff --git a/scikits/image/opencv/opencv_cv.pyx b/scikits/image/opencv/opencv_cv.pyx
index 1fffd8f9..e3ccb74f 100644
--- a/scikits/image/opencv/opencv_cv.pyx
+++ b/scikits/image/opencv/opencv_cv.pyx
@@ -2560,6 +2560,7 @@ def cvFindFundamentalMat(points1, points2, int method=CV_FM_RANSAC,
     status_shape[0] = <np.npy_intp> points1.shape[0]
     status_shape[1] = <np.npy_intp> 1
     cdef np.ndarray status = new_array(2, status_shape, UINT8)
+    status.fill(0)
 
     ## cdef IplImage status_img
     ## populate_iplimage(status, &status_img)
@@ -2590,7 +2591,7 @@ def cvFindFundamentalMat(points1, points2, int method=CV_FM_RANSAC,
     if m == 0:
         return (None, status)
     else:
-        return (F.reshape((m, 3, 3)), status)
+        return (F.reshape((m, 3, 3)).squeeze(), status)
 
 
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