diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index ba5ea2e54f9..cf009d6cf2e 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -1207,8 +1207,8 @@ Value search(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth, boo
         // Step 18. Full-depth search when LMR is skipped
         else if (!PvNode || moveCount > 1)
         {
-            // Increase reduction for cut nodes without ttMove (~1 Elo)
-            if (!ttMove && cutNode)
+            // Increase reduction for not ttMove (~1 Elo)
+            if (!ttMove)
                 r += 2;
 
             // Note that if expected reduction is high, we reduce search depth by 1 here