diff --git a/tests/numberparsingcheck.cpp b/tests/numberparsingcheck.cpp
index cf7d49d3..aa95331f 100644
--- a/tests/numberparsingcheck.cpp
+++ b/tests/numberparsingcheck.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ inline void foundFloat(double result, const u8 * buf) {
     parse_error |= PARSE_ERROR;
   }
   // we want to get some reasonable relative accuracy
-  if(fabs(expected - result)/fmax(fabs(expected),fabs(result)) > 0.000000000000001) {
+  if(fabs(expected - result)/fmin(fabs(expected),fabs(result)) > 0.000000000000001) {
     printf("parsed %.32f from \n", result);
     printf("       %.32s whereas strtod gives\n", buf);
     printf("       %.32f,",  expected);