diff --git a/src/simulation/m_weno.fpp b/src/simulation/m_weno.fpp
index 3c787afd8d..b27243d553 100644
--- a/src/simulation/m_weno.fpp
+++ b/src/simulation/m_weno.fpp
@@ -853,9 +853,10 @@ contains
                                         ! Fu, et al. (2016)
                                         ! Fu''s code: https://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.36250.34247
                                         tau = abs(beta(2) - beta(0))
-                                        alpha = (1._wp + tau/beta)**6._wp           ! Equation 22 (reuse alpha as gamma; pick C=1 & q=6)
+                                        alpha = 1._wp + tau/beta                    ! Equation 22 (reuse alpha as gamma; pick C=1 & q=6)
+                                        alpha = (alpha*alpha*alpha)**2._wp          ! Equation 22 cont. (some CPU compilers cannot optimize x**6.0)
                                         omega = alpha/sum(alpha)                    ! Equation 25 (reuse omega as xi)
-                                        delta = merge(0._wp, 1._wp, omega < teno_CT)    ! Equation 26
+                                        delta = merge(0._wp, 1._wp, omega < teno_CT)! Equation 26
                                         alpha = delta*d_cbL_${XYZ}$ (:, j)          ! Equation 27
 
                                     end if
@@ -1036,7 +1037,8 @@ contains
 
                                     elseif (teno) then
                                         tau = abs(beta(4) - beta(3)) ! Note the reordering of stencils
-                                        alpha = (1._wp + tau/beta)**6._wp
+                                        alpha = 1._wp + tau/beta
+                                        alpha = (alpha*alpha*alpha)**2._wp ! some CPU compilers cannot optimize x**6.0
                                         omega = alpha/sum(alpha)
                                         delta = merge(0._wp, 1._wp, omega < teno_CT)
                                         alpha = delta*d_cbL_${XYZ}$ (:, j)