diff --git a/src/core/include/units/magnitude.h b/src/core/include/units/magnitude.h
index 01c00e0c..ad878fa6 100644
--- a/src/core/include/units/magnitude.h
+++ b/src/core/include/units/magnitude.h
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ constexpr bool operator==(magnitude<LeftBPs...>, magnitude<RightBPs...>)
 template<ratio E, auto... BPs>
 constexpr auto pow(magnitude<BPs...>)
 {
-  if constexpr (E == 0) {
+  if constexpr (E.num == 0) {
     return magnitude<>{};
   } else {
     return magnitude<pow(BPs, E)...>{};