1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/numeric.c b/numeric.c
index 187044ee5e..ec68f2b348 100644
--- a/numeric.c
+++ b/numeric.c
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ num_coerce(VALUE x, VALUE y)
 {
     if (CLASS_OF(x) == CLASS_OF(y))
 	return rb_assoc_new(y, x);
-    return rb_assoc_new(rb_Float(y), rb_Float(x));
+    x = rb_Float(x);
+    y = rb_Float(y);
+    return rb_assoc_new(y, x);
 }
 
 static VALUE