diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/actor.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/actor.cpp
index 2c3bbd2409..33e88c4ea2 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/actor.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/actor.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <components/detournavigator/agentbounds.hpp>
 #include <components/lua/luastate.hpp>
+#include <components/misc/finitevalues.hpp>
 #include <components/settings/values.hpp>
 
 #include "apps/openmw/mwbase/environment.hpp"
@@ -427,7 +428,7 @@ namespace MWLua
             {
                 for (auto& [key, value] : damageLua.value())
                 {
-                    damageCpp[key.as<std::string>()] = value.as<float>();
+                    damageCpp[key.as<std::string>()] = value.as<Misc::FiniteFloat>();
                 }
             }
             std::string sourceTypeStr = options.get_or<std::string>("sourceType", "unspecified");