diff --git a/align.c b/align.c
index 5a0af66..a1d90ea 100644
--- a/align.c
+++ b/align.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static void mm_update_extra(mm_reg1_t *r, const uint8_t *qseq, const uint8_t *ts
 			toff += len;
 		}
 	}
-	p->dp_max = (int32_t)(max + .499);
+	p->dp_max = p->dp_max0 = (int32_t)(max + .499);
 	assert(qoff == r->qe - r->qs && toff == r->re - r->rs);
 	if (is_eqx) mm_update_cigar_eqx(r, qseq, tseq); // NB: it has to be called here as changes to qseq and tseq are not returned
 }
diff --git a/format.c b/format.c
index 46521d4..d00a96d 100644
--- a/format.c
+++ b/format.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ static inline void write_tags(kstring_t *s, const mm_reg1_t *r)
 	if (r->id == r->parent) type = r->inv? 'I' : 'P';
 	else type = r->inv? 'i' : 'S';
 	if (r->p) {
-		mm_sprintf_lite(s, "\tNM:i:%d\tms:i:%d\tAS:i:%d\tnn:i:%d", r->blen - r->mlen + r->p->n_ambi, r->p->dp_max, r->p->dp_score, r->p->n_ambi);
+		mm_sprintf_lite(s, "\tNM:i:%d\tms:i:%d\tAS:i:%d\tnn:i:%d", r->blen - r->mlen + r->p->n_ambi, r->p->dp_max0, r->p->dp_score, r->p->n_ambi);
 		if (r->p->trans_strand == 1 || r->p->trans_strand == 2)
 			mm_sprintf_lite(s, "\tts:A:%c", "?+-?"[r->p->trans_strand]);
 	}
diff --git a/minimap.h b/minimap.h
index f186ddf..42f4867 100644
--- a/minimap.h
+++ b/minimap.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-#define MM_VERSION "2.26-r1188-dirty"
+#define MM_VERSION "2.26-r1190-dirty"
 
 #define MM_F_NO_DIAG       (0x001LL) // no exact diagonal hit
 #define MM_F_NO_DUAL       (0x002LL) // skip pairs where query name is lexicographically larger than target name
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ typedef struct {
 typedef struct {
 	uint32_t capacity;                  // the capacity of cigar[]
 	int32_t dp_score, dp_max, dp_max2;  // DP score; score of the max-scoring segment; score of the best alternate mappings
+	int32_t dp_max0;                    // DP score before mm_update_dp_max() adjustment
 	uint32_t n_ambi:30, trans_strand:2; // number of ambiguous bases; transcript strand: 0 for unknown, 1 for +, 2 for -
 	uint32_t n_cigar;                   // number of cigar operations in cigar[]
 	uint32_t cigar[];