diff --git a/timm/layers/pos_embed.py b/timm/layers/pos_embed.py
index ad10578acf..426c1c130b 100644
--- a/timm/layers/pos_embed.py
+++ b/timm/layers/pos_embed.py
@@ -64,12 +64,14 @@ def resample_abs_pos_embed_nhwc(
     if new_size[0] == posemb.shape[-3] and new_size[1] == posemb.shape[-2]:
         return posemb
 
+    previous_dtype = posemb.dtype
+    posemb = posemb.float()
     # do the interpolation
     posemb = posemb.reshape(1, posemb.shape[-3], posemb.shape[-2], posemb.shape[-1]).permute(0, 3, 1, 2)
     posemb = F.interpolate(posemb, size=new_size, mode=interpolation, antialias=antialias)
-    posemb = posemb.permute(0, 2, 3, 1)
+    posemb = posemb.permute(0, 2, 3, 1).to(previous_dtype)
 
     if not torch.jit.is_scripting() and verbose:
         _logger.info(f'Resized position embedding: {posemb.shape[-3:-1]} to {new_size}.')
 
-    return posemb
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+    return posemb