diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexSorter.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexSorter.java
index 10fc196232d..6db379b9b22 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexSorter.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexSorter.java
@@ -266,23 +266,16 @@ public interface IndexSorter {
     public ComparableProvider[] getComparableProviders(List<? extends LeafReader> readers)
         throws IOException {
       ComparableProvider[] providers = new ComparableProvider[readers.size()];
-      final float missingValue;
-      if (this.missingValue != null) {
-        missingValue = this.missingValue;
-      } else {
-        missingValue = 0.0f;
-      }
+      final int missValueBits = Float.floatToIntBits(missingValue != null ? missingValue : 0.0f);
 
       for (int readerIndex = 0; readerIndex < readers.size(); readerIndex++) {
         final NumericDocValues values = valuesProvider.get(readers.get(readerIndex));
 
         providers[readerIndex] =
             docID -> {
-              float value = missingValue;
-              if (values.advanceExact(docID)) {
-                value = Float.intBitsToFloat((int) values.longValue());
-              }
-              return NumericUtils.floatToSortableInt(value);
+              final int valueBits =
+                  values.advanceExact(docID) ? (int) values.longValue() : missValueBits;
+              return NumericUtils.sortableFloatBits(valueBits);
             };
       }
       return providers;
@@ -336,23 +329,17 @@ public interface IndexSorter {
     public ComparableProvider[] getComparableProviders(List<? extends LeafReader> readers)
         throws IOException {
       ComparableProvider[] providers = new ComparableProvider[readers.size()];
-      final double missingValue;
-      if (this.missingValue != null) {
-        missingValue = this.missingValue;
-      } else {
-        missingValue = 0.0f;
-      }
+      final long missingValueBits =
+          Double.doubleToLongBits(missingValue != null ? missingValue : 0.0f);
 
       for (int readerIndex = 0; readerIndex < readers.size(); readerIndex++) {
         final NumericDocValues values = valuesProvider.get(readers.get(readerIndex));
 
         providers[readerIndex] =
             docID -> {
-              double value = missingValue;
-              if (values.advanceExact(docID)) {
-                value = Double.longBitsToDouble(values.longValue());
-              }
-              return NumericUtils.doubleToSortableLong(value);
+              final long valueBits =
+                  values.advanceExact(docID) ? values.longValue() : missingValueBits;
+              return NumericUtils.sortableDoubleBits(valueBits);
             };
       }
       return providers;