diff --git a/vlib/strconv/atof.c.v b/vlib/strconv/atof.c.v
index bf72737080b5f3..6d6c5235acfb9e 100644
--- a/vlib/strconv/atof.c.v
+++ b/vlib/strconv/atof.c.v
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ fn converter(mut pn PrepNumber) u64 {
 		s0 = q0
 		pn.exponent++
 	}
-	// C.printf("mantissa before normalization: %08x%08x%08x binexp: %d \n", s2,s1,s0,binexp)
+	// C.printf(c"mantissa before normalization: %08x%08x%08x binexp: %d \n", s2,s1,s0,binexp)
 	// normalization, the 28 bit in s2 must the leftest one in the variable
 	if s2 != 0 || s1 != 0 || s0 != 0 {
 		for (s2 & mask28) == 0 {
@@ -333,20 +333,20 @@ fn converter(mut pn PrepNumber) u64 {
 	s0=0x0
 	*/
 
-	// C.printf("mantissa before rounding: %08x%08x%08x binexp: %d \n", s2,s1,s0,binexp)
+	// C.printf(c"mantissa before rounding: %08x%08x%08x binexp: %d \n", s2,s1,s0,binexp)
 	// s1 => 0xFFFFFFxx only F are rapresented
 	nbit := 7
 	check_round_bit := u32(1) << u32(nbit)
 	check_round_mask := u32(0xFFFFFFFF) << u32(nbit)
 	if (s1 & check_round_bit) != 0 {
-		// C.printf("need round!! cehck mask: %08x\n", s1 & ~check_round_mask )
+		// C.printf(c"need round!! check mask: %08x\n", s1 & ~check_round_mask )
 		if (s1 & ~check_round_mask) != 0 {
-			// C.printf("Add 1!\n")
+			// C.printf(c"Add 1!\n")
 			s2, s1, s0 = add96(s2, s1, s0, 0, check_round_bit, 0)
 		} else {
-			// C.printf("All 0!\n")
+			// C.printf(c"All 0!\n")
 			if (s1 & (check_round_bit << u32(1))) != 0 {
-				// C.printf("Add 1 form -1 bit control!\n")
+				// C.printf(c"Add 1 form -1 bit control!\n")
 				s2, s1, s0 = add96(s2, s1, s0, 0, check_round_bit, 0)
 			}
 		}
@@ -354,17 +354,18 @@ fn converter(mut pn PrepNumber) u64 {
 		s0 = u32(0)
 		// recheck normalization
 		if s2 & (mask28 << u32(1)) != 0 {
-			// C.printf("Renormalize!!")
+			// C.printf(c"Renormalize!!\n")
 			q2, q1, q0 = lsr96(s2, s1, s0)
-			binexp--
+			binexp++
+			// dump(binexp)
 			s2 = q2
 			s1 = q1
 			s0 = q0
 		}
 	}
 	// tmp := ( u64(s2 & ~mask28) << 24) | ((u64(s1) + u64(128)) >> 8)
-	// C.printf("mantissa after rounding : %08x%08x%08x binexp: %d \n", s2,s1,s0,binexp)
-	// C.printf("Tmp result: %016x\n",tmp)
+	// C.printf(c"mantissa after rounding : %08x %08x %08x binexp: %d \n", s2,s1,s0,binexp)
+	// C.printf(c"Tmp result: %016x\n",tmp)
 	// end rounding
 	// offset the binary exponent IEEE 754
 	binexp += 1023
diff --git a/vlib/strconv/converter_test.v b/vlib/strconv/converter_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1a1651126bfecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/strconv/converter_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+module main
+
+fn test_issue_16448() {
+	float_prec := 1.9999999999999999 + 0.0000000000000000005
+	assert float_prec > 1.99
+	assert float_prec < 2.01
+}
+
+// Testing all the numbers between -100E6..100E6 takes over a minute with clang on i3
+// while for just -1E5..1E5, it takes less than a second.
+// const r = i64(100_000_001)
+// const r = i64(17_000_001)
+const r = i64(100_001)
+
+fn test_renormalisation_inside_converter() {
+	for i in -r .. r {
+		s := '${i}.9999999999999999999'
+		fs := s.f64()
+		ifs := i64(fs)
+		if i % 10000 == 0 {
+			eprintln('>>> s: ${s:30s} | fs: ${fs:20.6f} | ifs: ${ifs:20}')
+		}
+		if i < 0 && ifs != i - 1 {
+			panic('invalid negative  f64 value, i: ${i} | s: ${s} | fs: ${fs} | ifs: ${ifs}')
+		}
+		if i > 0 && ifs != i + 1 {
+			panic('invalid positive  f64 value, i: ${i} | s: ${s} | fs: ${fs} | ifs: ${ifs}')
+		}
+	}
+}