diff --git a/references/segmentation/utils.py b/references/segmentation/utils.py
index cb200f23d76..92db1899851 100644
--- a/references/segmentation/utils.py
+++ b/references/segmentation/utils.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def compute(self):
         return acc_global, acc, iu
 
     def reduce_from_all_processes(self):
-        reduce_across_processes(self.mat)
+        self.mat = reduce_across_processes(self.mat).to(torch.int64)
 
     def __str__(self):
         acc_global, acc, iu = self.compute()