diff --git a/internal/core/src/segcore/ReduceStructure.h b/internal/core/src/segcore/ReduceStructure.h
index 96956f006f..48655f2aa7 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/segcore/ReduceStructure.h
+++ b/internal/core/src/segcore/ReduceStructure.h
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ struct SearchResultPair {
 
     bool
     operator>(const SearchResultPair& other) const {
-        if (std::fabs(distance_ - other.distance_) < 0.000001f) {
+        //according to FLT_EPSILON in cfloat, 0.000000119 is the maximum flaw for float32
+        //we use this to differentiate distances that are too close to each other to maintain the
+        //stable order for reduce
+        if (std::fabs(distance_ - other.distance_) < 0.000000119) {
             return primary_key_ < other.primary_key_;
         }
         return distance_ > other.distance_;