diff --git a/distiller/quantization/q_utils.py b/distiller/quantization/q_utils.py
index 91d665ad3086f89c7ddba8a9158af1315d9b7518..e1bad3e91252051811fc0be76996458e0587256e 100644
--- a/distiller/quantization/q_utils.py
+++ b/distiller/quantization/q_utils.py
@@ -230,7 +230,9 @@ class AciqSymmetricClipper(AciqClipper):
             mean = torch.tensor(t['mean'])
         else:
             mean = t.mean()
-        return torch.abs(mean) + alpha
+
+        clip_val = torch.abs(mean) + alpha
+        return -clip_val, clip_val
 
 
 class AciqAsymmetricClipper(AciqClipper):
@@ -249,8 +251,8 @@ class AciqAsymmetricClipper(AciqClipper):
         else:
             alpha = AciqClipper.get_alpha_gauss(t, across_dim, self.num_bits, half_range=half_range)
         min_val = torch.max(min_val, mean - alpha)
-
-        return min_val, min_val + 2 * alpha
+        delta = alpha if half_range else 2 * alpha
+        return min_val, min_val + delta
 
 
 def get_quantized_range(num_bits, signed=True):