diff --git a/src/obj_long.c b/src/obj_long.c
index 06a6c40b..eb28422b 100644
--- a/src/obj_long.c
+++ b/src/obj_long.c
@@ -1931,6 +1931,7 @@ KrkValue krk_int_from_float(double val) {
 
 	if (exponent < 0) return INTEGER_VAL(0);
 	if (exponent == 1024) return krk_runtimeError(vm.exceptions->valueError, "can not convert float %s to int", man ? "Nan" : "infinity");
+	if (exponent < 47) return INTEGER_VAL(val);
 
 	KrkLong _value;
 	krk_long_init_si(&_value, 0x10000000000000 | man);
diff --git a/src/obj_numeric.c b/src/obj_numeric.c
index 2f42924a..0126e2ce 100644
--- a/src/obj_numeric.c
+++ b/src/obj_numeric.c
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ KRK_StaticMethod(float,__new__) {
 	return krk_runtimeError(vm.exceptions->typeError, "%s() argument must be a string or a number, not '%T'", "float", argv[1]);
 }
 
-KRK_Method(float,__int__) { return INTEGER_VAL(self); }
+KRK_Method(float,__int__) { return krk_int_from_float(self); }
 KRK_Method(float,__float__) { return argv[0]; }
 
 static int isDigits(const char * c) {