diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/kmeans/elkan_kmeans_impl.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/kmeans/elkan_kmeans_impl.hpp
index 638e35c873..c2682f7382 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/methods/kmeans/elkan_kmeans_impl.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/kmeans/elkan_kmeans_impl.hpp
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ double ElkanKMeans<MetricType, MatType>::Iterate(const arma::mat& centroids,
     if (counts[c] > 0)
       newCentroids.col(c) /= counts[c];
     else
-      newCentroids.fill(DBL_MAX); // Fill with invalid value.
+      newCentroids.col(c).fill(DBL_MAX); // Fill with invalid value.
 
     moveDistances(c) = metric.Evaluate(newCentroids.col(c), centroids.col(c));
     cNorm += std::pow(moveDistances(c), 2.0);