diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 98419b20fc7..ae84545248b 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ namespace {
               lmrDepth /= ONE_PLY;
 
               // Countermoves based pruning (~20 Elo)
-              if (   lmrDepth < 4 + ((ss-1)->statScore > 0 || (ss-1)->moveCount == 1)
+              if (   lmrDepth < 4 + ((ss-1)->statScore > -118 || (ss-1)->moveCount == 1)
                   && (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold
                   && (*contHist[1])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold)
                   continue;