diff --git a/src/toolkit/matl_sell_policy.cc b/src/toolkit/matl_sell_policy.cc
index cbabf09997..84748f8f21 100644
--- a/src/toolkit/matl_sell_policy.cc
+++ b/src/toolkit/matl_sell_policy.cc
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ void MatlSellPolicy::GetMatlTrades(
         trade_mat = mat;
       }
 
-      if (ignore_comp_ && it->request->target()->comp() != trade_mat->comp()) {
+      if (ignore_comp_ && !AlmostEq(it->request->target()->comp(), trade_mat->comp())) {
         trade_mat->Transmute(it->request->target()->comp());
       }
       responses.push_back(std::make_pair(*it, trade_mat));