diff --git a/lib/trino-record-decoder/src/main/java/io/trino/decoder/avro/AvroColumnDecoder.java b/lib/trino-record-decoder/src/main/java/io/trino/decoder/avro/AvroColumnDecoder.java
index 4927dd8d6586..1c33a6acac7f 100644
--- a/lib/trino-record-decoder/src/main/java/io/trino/decoder/avro/AvroColumnDecoder.java
+++ b/lib/trino-record-decoder/src/main/java/io/trino/decoder/avro/AvroColumnDecoder.java
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public boolean isNull()
         @Override
         public double getDouble()
         {
-            if (value instanceof Double || value instanceof Float) {
+            if (value instanceof Double) {
                 return ((Number) value).doubleValue();
             }
             throw new TrinoException(DECODER_CONVERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED, format("cannot decode object of '%s' as '%s' for column '%s'", value.getClass(), columnType, columnName));
diff --git a/lib/trino-record-decoder/src/test/java/io/trino/decoder/avro/TestAvroDecoder.java b/lib/trino-record-decoder/src/test/java/io/trino/decoder/avro/TestAvroDecoder.java
index 24ebb8f938b7..c604d3781b44 100644
--- a/lib/trino-record-decoder/src/test/java/io/trino/decoder/avro/TestAvroDecoder.java
+++ b/lib/trino-record-decoder/src/test/java/io/trino/decoder/avro/TestAvroDecoder.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 import static io.trino.spi.type.VarcharType.createUnboundedVarcharType;
 import static io.trino.spi.type.VarcharType.createVarcharType;
 import static io.trino.type.InternalTypeManager.TESTING_TYPE_MANAGER;
+import static java.lang.Float.floatToIntBits;
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
@@ -414,22 +415,13 @@ public void testIntDecodedAsTinyInt()
         checkValue(decodedRow, row, 100);
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testFloatDecodedAsDouble()
-    {
-        DecoderTestColumnHandle row = new DecoderTestColumnHandle(0, "row", DOUBLE, "float_field", null, null, false, false, false);
-        Map<DecoderColumnHandle, FieldValueProvider> decodedRow = buildAndDecodeColumn(row, "float_field", "\"float\"", 10.2f);
-
-        checkValue(decodedRow, row, 10.2);
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testFloatDecodedAsReal()
     {
         DecoderTestColumnHandle row = new DecoderTestColumnHandle(0, "row", REAL, "float_field", null, null, false, false, false);
         Map<DecoderColumnHandle, FieldValueProvider> decodedRow = buildAndDecodeColumn(row, "float_field", "\"float\"", 10.2f);
 
-        checkValue(decodedRow, row, 10.2);
+        checkValue(decodedRow, row, floatToIntBits(10.2f));
     }
 
     @Test