diff --git a/modules/util/util.py b/modules/util/util.py
index e1dfd9cc21a155916fa40bdf09798afaa14cb537..e86cd3779135f14e4b8d99515a29b92695ddb7c4 100644
--- a/modules/util/util.py
+++ b/modules/util/util.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class GenericException(Exception):
 class EarlyStop:
     def __init__(self, window_length=3, patience=5):
         self.patience = patience
-        self.min = np.finfo(np.single)
+        self.min = np.finfo(np.single).max
         self.cnt = 0
         self.cnt_wait = 0
         self.window = np.zeros(window_length, dtype=np.single)