explore at least k always

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/searchlib/src/vespa/searchlib/tensor/hnsw_index.cpp b/searchlib/src/vespa/searchlib/tensor/hnsw_index.cpp
index bb3076dfe95..be53b758841 100644
--- a/searchlib/src/vespa/searchlib/tensor/hnsw_index.cpp
+++ b/searchlib/src/vespa/searchlib/tensor/hnsw_index.cpp
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ std::vector<uint32_t>
 HnswIndex::find_top_k(uint32_t k, TypedCells vector, uint32_t explore_k)
 {
     std::vector<uint32_t> result;
-    FurthestPriQ candidates = top_k_candidates(vector, explore_k);
+    FurthestPriQ candidates = top_k_candidates(vector, std::max(k, explore_k));
     while (candidates.size() > k) {
         candidates.pop();
     }