diff --git a/rtengine/gauss.cc b/rtengine/gauss.cc
index 32328b06f..170997a56 100644
--- a/rtengine/gauss.cc
+++ b/rtengine/gauss.cc
@@ -1050,12 +1050,12 @@ template<class T> void gaussVerticaldiv (T** src, T** dst, T** divBuffer, const
         double temp2H   = src[H - 1][i] + M[1][0] * (temp2[H - 1][0] - src[H - 1][i]) + M[1][1] * (temp2[H - 2][0] - src[H - 1][i]) + M[1][2] * (temp2[H - 3][0] - src[H - 1][i]);
         double temp2Hp1 = src[H - 1][i] + M[2][0] * (temp2[H - 1][0] - src[H - 1][i]) + M[2][1] * (temp2[H - 2][0] - src[H - 1][i]) + M[2][2] * (temp2[H - 3][0] - src[H - 1][i]);
 
-        rtengine::max(dst[H - 1][i] = divBuffer[H - 1][i] / (temp2[H - 1][0] = temp2Hm1), 0.f);
-        rtengine::max(dst[H - 2][i] = divBuffer[H - 2][i] / (temp2[H - 2][0] = B * temp2[H - 2][0] + b1 * temp2[H - 1][0] + b2 * temp2H + b3 * temp2Hp1), 0.f);
-        rtengine::max(dst[H - 3][i] = divBuffer[H - 3][i] / (temp2[H - 3][0] = B * temp2[H - 3][0] + b1 * temp2[H - 2][0] + b2 * temp2[H - 1][0] + b3 * temp2H), 0.f);
+        dst[H - 1][i] = rtengine::max(divBuffer[H - 1][i] / (temp2[H - 1][0] = temp2Hm1), 0.f);
+        dst[H - 2][i] = rtengine::max(divBuffer[H - 2][i] / (temp2[H - 2][0] = B * temp2[H - 2][0] + b1 * temp2[H - 1][0] + b2 * temp2H + b3 * temp2Hp1), 0.f);
+        dst[H - 3][i] = rtengine::max(divBuffer[H - 3][i] / (temp2[H - 3][0] = B * temp2[H - 3][0] + b1 * temp2[H - 2][0] + b2 * temp2[H - 1][0] + b3 * temp2H), 0.f);
 
         for (int j = H - 4; j >= 0; j--) {
-            rtengine::max(dst[j][i] = divBuffer[j][i] / (temp2[j][0] = B * temp2[j][0] + b1 * temp2[j + 1][0] + b2 * temp2[j + 2][0] + b3 * temp2[j + 3][0]), 0.f);
+            dst[j][i] = rtengine::max(divBuffer[j][i] / (temp2[j][0] = B * temp2[j][0] + b1 * temp2[j + 1][0] + b2 * temp2[j + 2][0] + b3 * temp2[j + 3][0]), 0.f);
         }
     }
 }