diff --git a/include/assimp/quaternion.inl b/include/assimp/quaternion.inl
index 960e91ab2..1b93be9ed 100644
--- a/include/assimp/quaternion.inl
+++ b/include/assimp/quaternion.inl
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ inline void aiQuaterniont<TReal>::Interpolate( aiQuaterniont& pOut, const aiQuat
 
     // Calculate coefficients
     TReal sclp, sclq;
-    if( (static_cast<TReal>(1.0) - cosom) > static_cast<TReal>(0.0001)) // 0.0001 -> some epsillon
+    
+    if ((static_cast<TReal>(1.0) - cosom) > ai_epsilon) // 0.0001 -> some epsillon
     {
         // Standard case (slerp)
         TReal omega, sinom;