1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mpfr.c b/mpfr.c
index b6e9c16e..8478570f 100644
--- a/mpfr.c
+++ b/mpfr.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ force_mpnum(NODE *n, int do_nondec, int use_locale)
 	if (do_nondec)
 		base = get_numbase(cp1, cpend - cp1, use_locale);
 
-	if (! mpg_maybe_float(cp1, use_locale)) {
+	if (base != 10 || ! mpg_maybe_float(cp1, use_locale)) {
 		mpg_zero(n);
 		errno = 0;
 		mpg_strtoui(n->mpg_i, cp1, cpend - cp1, & ptr, base);