diff --git a/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/SpelParserTests.java b/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/SpelParserTests.java
index cc9f83883ef..210abefb85e 100644
--- a/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/SpelParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/SpelParserTests.java
@@ -332,9 +332,8 @@ public class SpelParserTests {
 
 		checkNumberError("3.4L",SpelMessage.REAL_CANNOT_BE_LONG);
 
-		// Number is parsed as a float, but immediately promoted to a double
-		checkNumber("3.5f",3.5d,Double.class);
-		
+		checkNumber("3.5f", 3.5f, Float.class);
+
 		checkNumber("1.2e3", 1.2e3d, Double.class);
 		checkNumber("1.2e+3", 1.2e3d, Double.class);
 		checkNumber("1.2e-3", 1.2e-3d, Double.class);