diff --git a/src/bin.rs b/src/bin.rs
index 55254f0..df8a4b8 100644
--- a/src/bin.rs
+++ b/src/bin.rs
@@ -340,15 +340,10 @@ impl CompareContextElement for serde_json::Value {
                 return self
                     .equals(&serde_json::Value::Number(other_json_num) as &dyn ContextElement);
             }
-            Some(OwnedLiteral::LFloat(other_num)) => {
-                let other_json_num = serde_json::Number::from_f64(*other_num);
-                match other_json_num {
-                    None => return false,
-                    Some(ojn) => {
-                        return self.equals(&serde_json::Value::Number(ojn) as &dyn ContextElement)
-                    }
-                }
-            }
+            Some(OwnedLiteral::LFloat(other_num)) => match self.as_f64() {
+                None => return false,
+                Some(self_float) => return self_float == *other_num,
+            },
         }
         false
     }