diff --git a/src/sampling.jl b/src/sampling.jl
index c6294c979..dc1634fae 100644
--- a/src/sampling.jl
+++ b/src/sampling.jl
@@ -596,6 +596,12 @@ function sample(rng::AbstractRNG, wv::AbstractWeights)
         i += 1
         cw += wv[i]
     end
+    if cw < t
+        # may happen with floating point weights due to numerical inaccuracies
+        while iszero(wv[i])
+            i -= 1
+        end
+    end
     return i
 end
 sample(wv::AbstractWeights) = sample(default_rng(), wv)
@@ -1063,3 +1069,4 @@ wsample(rng::AbstractRNG, a::AbstractArray{T}, w::AbstractVector{<:Real}, dims::
 wsample(a::AbstractArray, w::AbstractVector{<:Real}, dims::Dims;
         replace::Bool=true, ordered::Bool=false) =
     wsample(default_rng(), a, w, dims; replace=replace, ordered=ordered)
+
diff --git a/test/sampling.jl b/test/sampling.jl
index a4f31a012..c30f5c2d2 100644
--- a/test/sampling.jl
+++ b/test/sampling.jl
@@ -298,6 +298,18 @@ end
     end
 end
 
+@testset "issue #982" begin
+    # Issue #982 was triggered in conjunction with SIMD support under certain circumstances, 
+    # in particular with the following weights when sum(w) == 0.662413f0.
+    # The following mimics this case.
+    w = Float32[0.0437019, 0.04302464, 0.039748967,  0.040406376, 0.042578973, 
+    0.040906563, 0.039586294, 0.04302464, 0.042357873, 0.04302464, 0.039262936, 
+    0.040406376, 0.040406376, 0.041919112, 0.041484896, 0.04057242, 0.0]
+    rng = StableRNG(889858990530)
+    s = sample(rng, Weights(w, 0.662413f0))
+    @test s == length(w) - 1
+    @test sample(rng, Weights([1, 2, 0, 0], 10000)) == 2  # another more trivial test
+end
 # Custom weights without `values` field
 struct YAUnitWeights <: AbstractWeights{Int, Int, Vector{Int}}
     n::Int