diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/function/distance/DistanceUtils.java b/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/function/distance/DistanceUtils.java
index 28da2ce160d..52f67d3bf98 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/function/distance/DistanceUtils.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/function/distance/DistanceUtils.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class DistanceUtils {
       result = Math.sqrt(squaredEuclideanDistance(vec1, vec2));
     } else if (power == Integer.MAX_VALUE || Double.isInfinite(power)) {//infininte norm?
       for (int i = 0; i < vec1.length; i++) {
-        result = Math.max(vec1[i], vec2[i]);
+        result = Math.max(result, Math.max(vec1[i], vec2[i]));
       }
     } else {
       for (int i = 0; i < vec1.length; i++) {