diff --git a/SPIRV/GlslangToSpv.cpp b/SPIRV/GlslangToSpv.cpp
index 1527fec2..11257f08 100644
--- a/SPIRV/GlslangToSpv.cpp
+++ b/SPIRV/GlslangToSpv.cpp
@@ -4137,7 +4137,8 @@ spv::Id TGlslangToSpvTraverser::createBinaryMatrixOperation(spv::Op op, spv::Dec
     case spv::OpFDiv:
         if (builder.isMatrix(left) && builder.isScalar(right)) {
             // turn matrix / scalar into a multiply...
-            right = builder.createBinOp(spv::OpFDiv, builder.getTypeId(right), builder.makeFloatConstant(1.0F), right);
+            spv::Id resultType = builder.getTypeId(right);
+            right = builder.createBinOp(spv::OpFDiv, resultType, builder.makeFpConstant(resultType, 1.0), right);
             op = spv::OpMatrixTimesScalar;
         } else
             firstClass = false;
diff --git a/SPIRV/SpvBuilder.cpp b/SPIRV/SpvBuilder.cpp
index 1ba5f12e..66330b05 100644
--- a/SPIRV/SpvBuilder.cpp
+++ b/SPIRV/SpvBuilder.cpp
@@ -848,6 +848,23 @@ Id Builder::makeFloat16Constant(float f16, bool specConstant)
     return c->getResultId();
 }
 
+Id Builder::makeFpConstant(Id type, double d, bool specConstant)
+{
+        assert(isFloatType(type));
+
+        switch (getScalarTypeWidth(type)) {
+        case 16:
+                return makeFloat16Constant(d, specConstant);
+        case 32:
+                return makeFloatConstant(d, specConstant);
+        case 64:
+                return makeDoubleConstant(d, specConstant);
+        }
+
+        assert(false);
+}
+
+
 Id Builder::findCompositeConstant(Op typeClass, const std::vector<Id>& comps)
 {
     Instruction* constant = 0;
diff --git a/SPIRV/SpvBuilder.h b/SPIRV/SpvBuilder.h
index d4d2719f..25495fb7 100755
--- a/SPIRV/SpvBuilder.h
+++ b/SPIRV/SpvBuilder.h
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ public:
     Id makeFloatConstant(float f, bool specConstant = false);
     Id makeDoubleConstant(double d, bool specConstant = false);
     Id makeFloat16Constant(float f16, bool specConstant = false);
+    Id makeFpConstant(Id type, double d, bool specConstant = false);
 
     // Turn the array of constants into a proper spv constant of the requested type.
     Id makeCompositeConstant(Id type, const std::vector<Id>& comps, bool specConst = false);