diff --git a/ggml-quants.c b/ggml-quants.c
index 11e11c2196c2c..66c3e7a572f01 100644
--- a/ggml-quants.c
+++ b/ggml-quants.c
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ void dequantize_row_q8_0(const block_q8_0 * restrict x, float * restrict y, int6
 // ===================== Helper functions
 //
 static inline int nearest_int(float fval) {
-    assert(fval <= 4194303.f);
+    fval = fminf(fval, 4194303.f);
     float val = fval + 12582912.f;
     int i; memcpy(&i, &val, sizeof(int));
     return (i & 0x007fffff) - 0x00400000;