diff --git a/base/renderprogs/interactionSM.pixel b/base/renderprogs/interactionSM.pixel
index 9b1e1537..db40f3ac 100644
--- a/base/renderprogs/interactionSM.pixel
+++ b/base/renderprogs/interactionSM.pixel
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ void main( PS_IN fragment, out PS_OUT result )
 	float shadow = 0.0;
 	
 	// RB: casting a float to int and using it as index can really kill the performance ...
-	int numSamples = 12; //int(rpScreenCorrectionFactor.w);
+	float numSamples = 12.0; //int(rpScreenCorrectionFactor.w);
 	float stepSize = 1.0 / numSamples;
 	
 	float4 jitterTC = ( fragment.position * rpScreenCorrectionFactor ) + rpJitterTexOffset;
diff --git a/neo/renderer/RenderProgs_embedded.h b/neo/renderer/RenderProgs_embedded.h
index 025d74ff..3c7a375a 100644
--- a/neo/renderer/RenderProgs_embedded.h
+++ b/neo/renderer/RenderProgs_embedded.h
@@ -4424,7 +4424,7 @@ static const cgShaderDef_t cg_renderprogs[] =
 		"	float shadow = 0.0;\n"
 		"	\n"
 		"	// RB: casting a float to int and using it as index can really kill the performance ...\n"
-		"	int numSamples = 12; //int(rpScreenCorrectionFactor.w);\n"
+		"	float numSamples = 12.0; //int(rpScreenCorrectionFactor.w);\n"
 		"	float stepSize = 1.0 / numSamples;\n"
 		"	\n"
 		"	float4 jitterTC = ( fragment.position * rpScreenCorrectionFactor ) + rpJitterTexOffset;\n"