diff --git a/src/avx512-common-qsort.h b/src/avx512-common-qsort.h
index 70b63af3..c22d9660 100644
--- a/src/avx512-common-qsort.h
+++ b/src/avx512-common-qsort.h
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ static void qsort_(type_t *arr, int64_t left, int64_t right, int64_t max_iters)
      * Resort to std::sort if quicksort isnt making any progress
      */
     if (max_iters <= 0) {
-        std::sort(arr + left, arr + right + 1);
+        std::sort(arr + left, arr + right + 1, comparison_func<vtype>);
         return;
     }
     /*
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ static void qselect_(type_t *arr,
      * Resort to std::sort if quicksort isnt making any progress
      */
     if (max_iters <= 0) {
-        std::sort(arr + left, arr + right + 1);
+        std::sort(arr + left, arr + right + 1, comparison_func<vtype>);
         return;
     }
     /*
diff --git a/tests/test-qselect.hpp b/tests/test-qselect.hpp
index 6d062076..b35d5486 100644
--- a/tests/test-qselect.hpp
+++ b/tests/test-qselect.hpp
@@ -5,6 +5,20 @@ class avx512_select : public ::testing::Test {
 };
 TYPED_TEST_SUITE_P(avx512_select);
 
+#ifdef __FLT16_MAX__
+TEST(avx512_select, test_simple)
+{
+    if (__builtin_cpu_supports("avx512vbmi2")) {
+        std::vector<_Float16> arr{1.0, -1.0};
+        avx512_qselect_fp16(reinterpret_cast<uint16_t*>(arr.data()), 0, arr.size());
+        ASSERT_EQ(arr[0], -1.0);
+    }
+    else {
+        GTEST_SKIP() << "Skipping this test, it requires avx512vbmi2";
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 TYPED_TEST_P(avx512_select, test_random)
 {
     if (__builtin_cpu_supports("avx512bw")) {