diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/JetTagging/FlavorTagDiscriminants/Root/HbbTag.cxx b/PhysicsAnalysis/JetTagging/FlavorTagDiscriminants/Root/HbbTag.cxx
index 1f3b1a95c823965296866ba3117ef71cd29ef6d3..b521064476b21aedecaa804578c574d1f1f6f41c 100644
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/JetTagging/FlavorTagDiscriminants/Root/HbbTag.cxx
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/JetTagging/FlavorTagDiscriminants/Root/HbbTag.cxx
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ namespace {
         return {hk::eta, j.eta()};
       };
     } else {
-      // for now we assume everything we read from b-tagging is a double,
+      // for now we assume everything we read from b-tagging is a float,
       // this is only true for DL1 scores.
-      return BTagPairGetter<double>(key);
+      return BTagPairGetter<float>(key);
     }
   }