diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 40a38bd5d89..abae401c1ef 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ sf-x
 Shahin M. Shahin (peregrine)
 Shane Booth (shane31)
 Shawn Varghese (xXH4CKST3RXx)
+Shawn Xu (xu-shawn)
 Siad Daboul (Topologist)
 Stefan Geschwentner (locutus2)
 Stefano Cardanobile (Stefano80)
diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index dfb27285104..fb5a2f003c7 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -774,8 +774,8 @@ Value Search::Worker::search(
 
     // Step 9. Null move search with verification search (~35 Elo)
     if (!PvNode && (ss - 1)->currentMove != Move::null() && (ss - 1)->statScore < 16878
-        && eval >= beta && eval >= ss->staticEval && ss->staticEval >= beta - 20 * depth + 314
-        && !excludedMove && pos.non_pawn_material(us) && ss->ply >= thisThread->nmpMinPly
+        && eval >= beta && ss->staticEval >= beta - 20 * depth + 314 && !excludedMove
+        && pos.non_pawn_material(us) && ss->ply >= thisThread->nmpMinPly
         && beta > VALUE_TB_LOSS_IN_MAX_PLY)
     {
         assert(eval - beta >= 0);