diff --git a/Event/EventPacker/include/Event/PackedTrack.h b/Event/EventPacker/include/Event/PackedTrack.h
index 8a3fc036a187849750311894bf32d0e391ffdd8b..27ad4863ab6dff3456d97e7602da07a985040d62 100644
--- a/Event/EventPacker/include/Event/PackedTrack.h
+++ b/Event/EventPacker/include/Event/PackedTrack.h
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ namespace LHCb {
     /// Safe divide ...
     template <typename TYPE>
     static auto safe_divide( const TYPE a, const TYPE b ) {
-      return ( b != TYPE( 0 ) ? a / b : 9e9 );
+      return ( b != TYPE( 0 ) ? a / b : TYPE( 9e9 ) );
     }
 
     /// Check if the given packing version is supported