diff --git a/src/internal/floatscan.c b/src/internal/floatscan.c
index da209e27..32175431 100644
--- a/src/internal/floatscan.c
+++ b/src/internal/floatscan.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static long long scanexp(FILE *f, int pok)
 	}
 	for (x=0; c-'0'<10U && x<INT_MAX/10; c = shgetc(f))
 		x = 10*x + c-'0';
-	for (y=x; c-'0'<10U && x<LLONG_MAX/100; c = shgetc(f))
+	for (y=x; c-'0'<10U && y<LLONG_MAX/100; c = shgetc(f))
 		y = 10*y + c-'0';
 	for (; c-'0'<10U; c = shgetc(f));
 	shunget(f);