diff --git a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameLogic/AI/AIPathfind.cpp b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameLogic/AI/AIPathfind.cpp
index 4b2626e74c5..c2927794824 100644
--- a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameLogic/AI/AIPathfind.cpp
+++ b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameLogic/AI/AIPathfind.cpp
@@ -3866,8 +3866,14 @@ void Pathfinder::classifyFence( Object *obj, Bool insert )
 	cellBounds.lo.x = REAL_TO_INT_FLOOR((pos->x + 0.5f)/PATHFIND_CELL_SIZE_F);
 	cellBounds.lo.y = REAL_TO_INT_FLOOR((pos->y + 0.5f)/PATHFIND_CELL_SIZE_F);
 	// TheSuperHackers @fix Mauller 16/06/2025 Fixes uninitialized variables.
-	// To keep retail compatibility they need to be uninitialized in VC6 builds.
-#if !(defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1300)
+#if RETAIL_COMPATIBLE_CRC
+	//CRCDEBUG_LOG(("Pathfinder::classifyFence - (%d,%d)", cellBounds.hi.x, cellBounds.hi.y));
+
+	// In retail, the values in the stack often look like this. We set them
+	// to reduce the likelihood of mismatch.
+	cellBounds.hi.x = 253961804;
+	cellBounds.hi.y = 4202797;
+#else
 	cellBounds.hi.x = REAL_TO_INT_CEIL((pos->x + 0.5f)/PATHFIND_CELL_SIZE_F);
 	cellBounds.hi.y = REAL_TO_INT_CEIL((pos->y + 0.5f)/PATHFIND_CELL_SIZE_F);
 #endif