diff --git a/algorithmic_efficiency/workloads/criteo1tb/criteo1tb_jax/workload.py b/algorithmic_efficiency/workloads/criteo1tb/criteo1tb_jax/workload.py
index ba8db9ced..a76a70289 100644
--- a/algorithmic_efficiency/workloads/criteo1tb/criteo1tb_jax/workload.py
+++ b/algorithmic_efficiency/workloads/criteo1tb/criteo1tb_jax/workload.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from flax import jax_utils
 import jax
 import jax.numpy as jnp
+import numpy as np
 
 from algorithmic_efficiency import param_utils
 from algorithmic_efficiency import spec
@@ -147,7 +148,8 @@ def _eval_batch(self,
                   batch: Dict[str, spec.Tensor]) -> spec.Tensor:
     # We do NOT psum inside of _eval_batch_pmapped, so the returned tensor of
     # shape (local_device_count,) will all be different values.
-    return self._eval_batch_pmapped(params, batch).sum()
+    return np.array(
+        self._eval_batch_pmapped(params, batch).sum(), dtype=np.float64)
 
 
 class Criteo1TbDlrmSmallTestWorkload(Criteo1TbDlrmSmallWorkload):