--- deliantra/server/server/spell_effect.C	2009/10/12 21:27:55	1.111
+++ deliantra/server/server/spell_effect.C	2009/11/04 18:17:58	1.112
@@ -887,7 +887,8 @@
   if (!(op = op->map->insert (op, op->x + freearr_x[dir] * dist, op->y + freearr_y[dir] * dist, op)))
     return 1;
 
-  op->speed_left = -FABS (op->speed) * 5;       /* Freeze them for a short while */
+  op->speed_left = -5. * fabs (op->speed);       /* Freeze them for a short while */
+
   return 1;
 }