diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/fieldcomparator/DoubleValuesComparatorBase.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/fieldcomparator/DoubleValuesComparatorBase.java
index bcaa047cfa32e..4af80a427ec10 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/fieldcomparator/DoubleValuesComparatorBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/fieldcomparator/DoubleValuesComparatorBase.java
@@ -62,13 +62,7 @@ public final FieldComparator<T> setNextReader(AtomicReaderContext context) throw
     }
 
     static final int compare(double left, double right) {
-        if (left > right) {
-            return 1;
-        } else if (left < right) {
-            return -1;
-        } else {
-            return 0;
-        }
+        return Double.compare(left, right);
     }
 
     static final class MultiValueWrapper extends DoubleValues.Filtered {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/fieldcomparator/FloatValuesComparator.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/fieldcomparator/FloatValuesComparator.java
index 960c60b0ca777..0a41d9b3f1665 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/fieldcomparator/FloatValuesComparator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/fielddata/fieldcomparator/FloatValuesComparator.java
@@ -39,13 +39,7 @@ public FloatValuesComparator(IndexNumericFieldData<?> indexFieldData, float miss
     public int compare(int slot1, int slot2) {
         final float v1 = values[slot1];
         final float v2 = values[slot2];
-        if (v1 > v2) {
-            return 1;
-        } else if (v1 < v2) {
-            return -1;
-        } else {
-            return 0;
-        }
+        return Float.compare(v1, v2);
     }
 
     @Override