diff --git a/src/core/value.c b/src/core/value.c
index e742e364..b7d18bc4 100644
--- a/src/core/value.c
+++ b/src/core/value.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ int32_t janet_hash(Janet x) {
                 uint64_t u;
             } as;
             as.d = janet_unwrap_number(x);
-            as.d = as.d == 0 ? 0 : as.d; /* normalize negative 0 */
+            as.d += 0.0; /* normalize negative 0 */
             uint32_t lo = (uint32_t)(as.u & 0xFFFFFFFF);
             uint32_t hi = (uint32_t)(as.u >> 32);
             uint32_t hilo = (hi ^ lo) * 2654435769u;