diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 061689e8f5b..24f1e624567 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ namespace {
     while (++depth <= MAX_PLY && !Signals.stop && (!Limits.depth || depth <= Limits.depth))
     {
         // Age out PV variability metric
-        BestMoveChanges *= 0.8;
+        BestMoveChanges *= 0.8f;
 
         // Save last iteration's scores before first PV line is searched and all
         // the move scores but the (new) PV are set to -VALUE_INFINITE.