diff --git a/src/hardware/hw_bsp.c b/src/hardware/hw_bsp.c
index 8fec4f967a54ed223e284c554afe82f549e9dd25..e0ab5b0da9b5d3532d360d5e49fb2fa4d0f6a2d7 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hw_bsp.c
+++ b/src/hardware/hw_bsp.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static polyvertex_t *fracdivline(fdivline_t *bsp, polyvertex_t *v1,
 	v2dy = bsp->dy;
 
 	den = v2dy*v1dx - v2dx*v1dy;
-	if (den == 0.0)
+	if (fabs(den) < 1.0E-36f) // avoid checking exactly for 0.0
 		return NULL;       // parallel
 
 	// first check the frac along the polygon segment,