1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/data.c b/src/data.c
index 8b970959f9e..8a3d7191f07 100644
--- a/src/data.c
+++ b/src/data.c
@@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@ Floating point numbers always use base 10.")
   
 #ifdef LISP_FLOAT_TYPE
   if (isfloat_string (p))
-    return make_float (atof (p));
+    return make_float (negative * atof (p));
 #endif /* LISP_FLOAT_TYPE */
 
   while (1)