diff --git a/MagickCore/magick-type.h b/MagickCore/magick-type.h
index 6901c78..d8e59fb 100644
--- a/MagickCore/magick-type.h
+++ b/MagickCore/magick-type.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 #define MagickEpsilon  (1.0e-16)
-#define MagickHuge  (1.0/MagickEpsilon)
+#define MagickHuge  3.40282347e+38F
 #define MagickPI  3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510L
 #define QuantumScale  ((double) 1.0/(double) QuantumRange)
 
diff --git a/MagickCore/statistic.c b/MagickCore/statistic.c
index 9fff1c8..128c4eb 100644
--- a/MagickCore/statistic.c
+++ b/MagickCore/statistic.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,6 @@
     *channel_statistics;
 
   MagickStatusType
-    initialize,
     status;
 
   QuantumAny
@@ -1602,8 +1601,11 @@
   (void) ResetMagickMemory(channel_statistics,0,(MaxPixelChannels+1)*
     sizeof(*channel_statistics));
   for (i=0; i <= (ssize_t) MaxPixelChannels; i++)
+  {
     channel_statistics[i].depth=1;
-  initialize=MagickTrue;
+    channel_statistics[i].maxima=(-MagickHuge);
+    channel_statistics[i].minima=MagickHuge;
+  }
   for (y=0; y < (ssize_t) image->rows; y++)
   {
     register const Quantum
@@ -1650,19 +1652,10 @@
                 continue;
               }
           }
-        if (initialize != MagickFalse)
-          {
-            channel_statistics[channel].minima=(double) p[i];
-            channel_statistics[channel].maxima=(double) p[i];
-            initialize=MagickFalse;
-          }
-        else
-          {
-            if ((double) p[i] < channel_statistics[channel].minima)
-              channel_statistics[channel].minima=(double) p[i];
-            if ((double) p[i] > channel_statistics[channel].maxima)
-              channel_statistics[channel].maxima=(double) p[i];
-          }
+        if ((double) p[i] < channel_statistics[channel].minima)
+          channel_statistics[channel].minima=(double) p[i];
+        if ((double) p[i] > channel_statistics[channel].maxima)
+          channel_statistics[channel].maxima=(double) p[i];
         channel_statistics[channel].sum+=p[i];
         channel_statistics[channel].sum_squared+=(double) p[i]*p[i];
         channel_statistics[channel].sum_cubed+=(double) p[i]*p[i]*p[i];