diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONArray.java b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONArray.java
index 2a8a1d209..342b91e99 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONArray.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONArray.java
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ public double getDouble(int index) throws JSONException {
     public float getFloat(int index) throws JSONException {
         final Object object = this.get(index);
         if(object instanceof Number) {
-            return ((Float)object).floatValue();
+            return ((Number)object).floatValue();
         }
         try {
             return Float.parseFloat(object.toString());
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONArrayTest.java b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONArrayTest.java
index 1c042516f..d0980ef61 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONArrayTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONArrayTest.java
@@ -364,6 +364,8 @@ public void getArrayValues() {
                 new Double(23.45e-4).equals(jsonArray.getDouble(5)));
         assertTrue("Array string double",
                 new Double(23.45).equals(jsonArray.getDouble(6)));
+        assertTrue("Array double can be float",
+                new Float(23.45e-4f).equals(jsonArray.getFloat(5)));
         // ints
         assertTrue("Array value int",
                 new Integer(42).equals(jsonArray.getInt(7)));