diff --git a/dpctl/tensor/libtensor/include/kernels/constructors.hpp b/dpctl/tensor/libtensor/include/kernels/constructors.hpp
index 9b77b47a84..999ddec50d 100644
--- a/dpctl/tensor/libtensor/include/kernels/constructors.hpp
+++ b/dpctl/tensor/libtensor/include/kernels/constructors.hpp
@@ -230,13 +230,28 @@ template <typename Ty, typename wTy> class LinearSequenceAffineFunctor
         wTy w = wTy(n - i) / n;
         using dpctl::tensor::type_utils::is_complex;
         if constexpr (is_complex<Ty>::value) {
-            auto _w = static_cast<typename Ty::value_type>(w);
-            auto _wc = static_cast<typename Ty::value_type>(wc);
-            auto re_comb = start_v.real() * _w + end_v.real() * _wc;
-            auto im_comb = start_v.imag() * _w + end_v.imag() * _wc;
+            using reT = typename Ty::value_type;
+            auto _w = static_cast<reT>(w);
+            auto _wc = static_cast<reT>(wc);
+            auto re_comb = sycl::fma(start_v.real(), _w, reT(0));
+            re_comb =
+                sycl::fma(end_v.real(), _wc,
+                          re_comb); // start_v.real() * _w + end_v.real() * _wc;
+            auto im_comb =
+                sycl::fma(start_v.imag(), _w,
+                          reT(0)); // start_v.imag() * _w + end_v.imag() * _wc;
+            im_comb = sycl::fma(end_v.imag(), _wc, im_comb);
             Ty affine_comb = Ty{re_comb, im_comb};
             p[i] = affine_comb;
         }
+        else if constexpr (std::is_floating_point<Ty>::value) {
+            Ty _w = static_cast<Ty>(w);
+            Ty _wc = static_cast<Ty>(wc);
+            auto affine_comb =
+                sycl::fma(start_v, _w, Ty(0)); // start_v * w + end_v * wc;
+            affine_comb = sycl::fma(end_v, _wc, affine_comb);
+            p[i] = affine_comb;
+        }
         else {
             using dpctl::tensor::type_utils::convert_impl;
             auto affine_comb = start_v * w + end_v * wc;
diff --git a/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_ctor.py b/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_ctor.py
index 0b1764d86b..46f4a23ca9 100644
--- a/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_ctor.py
+++ b/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_ctor.py
@@ -1168,6 +1168,21 @@ def test_linspace_fp():
     assert X.strides == (1,)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", ["f2", "f4", "f8"])
+def test_linspace_fp_max(dtype):
+    q = get_queue_or_skip()
+    skip_if_dtype_not_supported(dtype, q)
+    n = 16
+    dt = dpt.dtype(dtype)
+    max_ = dpt.finfo(dt).max
+    X = dpt.linspace(max_, max_, endpoint=True, num=n, dtype=dt, sycl_queue=q)
+    assert X.shape == (n,)
+    assert X.strides == (1,)
+    assert np.allclose(
+        dpt.asnumpy(X), np.linspace(max_, max_, endpoint=True, num=n, dtype=dt)
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "dt",
     _all_dtypes,