diff --git a/Grid/simd/Grid_a64fx-fixedsize.h b/Grid/simd/Grid_a64fx-fixedsize.h
index e1770988..46cb9354 100644
--- a/Grid/simd/Grid_a64fx-fixedsize.h
+++ b/Grid/simd/Grid_a64fx-fixedsize.h
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ struct MultAddComplex{
   inline vecd mac(vecd a, vecd b, vecd c){
     pred pg1 = acle<double>::pg1();
     // using FCMLA
-    vecf r_v = svcmla_x(pg1, c, a, b, 0);
+    vecd r_v = svcmla_x(pg1, c, a, b, 0);
     return svcmla_x(pg1, r_v, a, b, 90);
   }
 };