diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/NumericUtils.java b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/NumericUtils.java
index 65276261e7a..8620efa40e3 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/NumericUtils.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/NumericUtils.java
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ public final class NumericUtils {
    * @see #sortableLongToDouble
    */
   public static long doubleToSortableLong(double val) {
-    long f = Double.doubleToLongBits(val);
+    long f = Double.doubleToRawLongBits(val);
     if (f<0) f ^= 0x7fffffffffffffffL;
     return f;
   }
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ public final class NumericUtils {
    * @see #sortableIntToFloat
    */
   public static int floatToSortableInt(float val) {
-    int f = Float.floatToIntBits(val);
+    int f = Float.floatToRawIntBits(val);
     if (f<0) f ^= 0x7fffffff;
     return f;
   }