diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/geo/GeoEncodingTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/geo/GeoEncodingTests.java
index f02e15d8337..f52363e89ae 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/geo/GeoEncodingTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/geo/GeoEncodingTests.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class GeoEncodingTests extends ElasticsearchTestCase {
         for (int i = 0; i < 10000; ++i) {
             final double lat = randomDouble() * 180 - 90;
             final double lon = randomDouble() * 360 - 180;
-            final Distance precision = new Distance(randomDouble() * 10, randomFrom(Arrays.asList(DistanceUnit.MILLIMETERS, DistanceUnit.METERS, DistanceUnit.KILOMETERS)));
+            final Distance precision = new Distance(1+(randomDouble() * 9), randomFrom(Arrays.asList(DistanceUnit.MILLIMETERS, DistanceUnit.METERS, DistanceUnit.KILOMETERS)));
             final GeoPointFieldMapper.Encoding encoding = GeoPointFieldMapper.Encoding.of(precision);
             assertThat(encoding.precision().convert(DistanceUnit.METERS).value, lessThanOrEqualTo(precision.convert(DistanceUnit.METERS).value));
             final GeoPoint geoPoint = encoding.decode(encoding.encodeCoordinate(lat), encoding.encodeCoordinate(lon), new GeoPoint());