diff --git a/src/common.cu b/src/common.cu
index 07ebcd90a3..3edba38831 100644
--- a/src/common.cu
+++ b/src/common.cu
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ __device__ half testValue<half>(const size_t offset, const int rep, const int ra
 }
 template<>
 __device__ rccl_bfloat16 testValue<rccl_bfloat16>(const size_t offset, const int rep, const int rank) {
-  return (float)testValue<float>(offset, rep, rank);
+  return rccl_bfloat16(testValue<float>(offset, rep, rank));
 }
 
 // Operations