diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 863ae9e8b..4b8de9192 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "DynamicPPL"
 uuid = "366bfd00-2699-11ea-058f-f148b4cae6d8"
-version = "0.35.1"
+version = "0.35.2"
 
 [deps]
 ADTypes = "47edcb42-4c32-4615-8424-f2b9edc5f35b"
diff --git a/src/varinfo.jl b/src/varinfo.jl
index f70582428..4151625b6 100644
--- a/src/varinfo.jl
+++ b/src/varinfo.jl
@@ -215,7 +215,11 @@ function unflatten(vi::VarInfo, x::AbstractVector)
     md = unflatten_metadata(vi.metadata, x)
     # Note that use of RefValue{eltype(x)} rather than Ref is necessary to deal with cases
     # where e.g. x is a type gradient of some AD backend.
-    return VarInfo(md, Base.RefValue{eltype(x)}(getlogp(vi)), Ref(get_num_produce(vi)))
+    return VarInfo(
+        md,
+        Base.RefValue{float_type_with_fallback(eltype(x))}(getlogp(vi)),
+        Ref(get_num_produce(vi)),
+    )
 end
 
 # We would call this `unflatten` if not for `unflatten` having a method for NamedTuples in
diff --git a/test/varinfo.jl b/test/varinfo.jl
index 80eb05480..74feb42f6 100644
--- a/test/varinfo.jl
+++ b/test/varinfo.jl
@@ -1017,4 +1017,15 @@ end
         @test vi.metadata.b.orders == [2]
         @test DynamicPPL.get_num_produce(vi) == 3
     end
+
+    @testset "issue #842" begin
+        model = DynamicPPL.TestUtils.DEMO_MODELS[1]
+        varinfo = VarInfo(model)
+
+        n = length(varinfo[:])
+        # `Bool`.
+        @test getlogp(DynamicPPL.unflatten(varinfo, fill(true, n))) isa typeof(float(1))
+        # `Int`.
+        @test getlogp(DynamicPPL.unflatten(varinfo, fill(1, n))) isa typeof(float(1))
+    end
 end