diff --git a/libcxx/include/__format/formatter_floating_point.h b/libcxx/include/__format/formatter_floating_point.h
index 6802a8b7bd4ca..46a090a787ae2 100644
--- a/libcxx/include/__format/formatter_floating_point.h
+++ b/libcxx/include/__format/formatter_floating_point.h
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ __format_floating_point(_Tp __value, _FormatContext& __ctx, __format_spec::__par
       // Let P equal the precision if nonzero, 6 if the precision is not
       // specified, or 1 if the precision is 0. Then, if a conversion with
       // style E would have an exponent of X:
-      int __p = std::max(1, (__specs.__has_precision() ? __specs.__precision_ : 6));
+      int __p = std::max<int>(1, (__specs.__has_precision() ? __specs.__precision_ : 6));
       if (__result.__exponent == __result.__last)
         // if P > X >= -4, the conversion is with style f or F and precision P - 1 - X.
         // By including the radix point it calculates P - (1 + X)