diff --git a/src/BulletCollision/NarrowPhaseCollision/btGjkPairDetector.cpp b/src/BulletCollision/NarrowPhaseCollision/btGjkPairDetector.cpp
index 123421307..01b73b537 100644
--- a/src/BulletCollision/NarrowPhaseCollision/btGjkPairDetector.cpp
+++ b/src/BulletCollision/NarrowPhaseCollision/btGjkPairDetector.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ subject to the following restrictions:
 //must be above the machine epsilon
 #ifdef  BT_USE_DOUBLE_PRECISION
 	#define REL_ERROR2 btScalar(1.0e-12)
-	btScalar gGjkEpaPenetrationTolerance = 1e-7;
+	btScalar gGjkEpaPenetrationTolerance = BT_LARGE_FLOAT;
 #else
 	#define REL_ERROR2 btScalar(1.0e-6)
 	btScalar gGjkEpaPenetrationTolerance = BT_LARGE_FLOAT;