diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.metal b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.metal
index 8d6e99e6..9f4147e9 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.metal
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.metal
@@ -3192,7 +3192,7 @@ kernel void kernel_flash_attn_ext(
 
     {
         float S[Q] = { [0 ... Q-1] = 0.0f };
-        float M[Q] = { [0 ... Q-1] = -__FLT16_MAX__/2 };
+        float M[Q] = { [0 ... Q-1] = -__FLT_MAX__/2 };
 
         // thread indices inside the simdgroup
         // TODO: see if we can utilize quad-group functions for better performance
@@ -3452,7 +3452,7 @@ kernel void kernel_flash_attn_ext(
     // reduce the warps sequentially
     for (ushort sg = 1; sg < nsg; ++sg) {
         float S = { 0.0f };
-        float M = { -__FLT16_MAX__/2 };
+        float M = { -__FLT_MAX__/2 };
 
         threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
 
@@ -3699,7 +3699,7 @@ kernel void kernel_flash_attn_ext_vec(
 
     {
         float S = 0.0f;
-        float M = -__FLT16_MAX__/2;
+        float M = -__FLT_MAX__/2;
 
         // thread indices inside the simdgroup
         const short tx = tiisg%NL;