diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 514b7b7d99b..4dc7d3300e3 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ Value Search::Worker::qsearch(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta,
               to_corrected_static_eval(unadjustedStaticEval, *thisThread, pos);
 
             // ttValue can be used as a better position evaluation (~13 Elo)
-            if (ttValue != VALUE_NONE
+            if (std::abs(ttValue) < VALUE_TB_WIN_IN_MAX_PLY
                 && (tte->bound() & (ttValue > bestValue ? BOUND_LOWER : BOUND_UPPER)))
                 bestValue = ttValue;
         }