1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 4ff50a776d..286c56a93a 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -2839,7 +2839,7 @@ rb_str_to_i(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE str)
 static VALUE
 rb_str_to_f(VALUE str)
 {
-    return rb_float_new(rb_str_to_dbl(str, Qfalse));
+    return DOUBLE2NUM(rb_str_to_dbl(str, Qfalse));
 }