diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/field/data/doubles/DoubleFieldDataType.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/field/data/doubles/DoubleFieldDataType.java
index c96eef52e01..7a23f5de51e 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/field/data/doubles/DoubleFieldDataType.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/field/data/doubles/DoubleFieldDataType.java
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ public class DoubleFieldDataType implements FieldDataType<DoubleFieldData> {
         if (missing.equals("_last")) {
             return new FieldComparatorSource() {
                 @Override public FieldComparator newComparator(String fieldname, int numHits, int sortPos, boolean reversed) throws IOException {
-                    return new DoubleFieldDataMissingComparator(numHits, fieldname, cache, reversed ? Double.MIN_VALUE : Double.MAX_VALUE);
+                    return new DoubleFieldDataMissingComparator(numHits, fieldname, cache, reversed ? Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY : Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY);
                 }
             };
         }
         if (missing.equals("_first")) {
             return new FieldComparatorSource() {
                 @Override public FieldComparator newComparator(String fieldname, int numHits, int sortPos, boolean reversed) throws IOException {
-                    return new DoubleFieldDataMissingComparator(numHits, fieldname, cache, reversed ? Double.MAX_VALUE : Double.MIN_VALUE);
+                    return new DoubleFieldDataMissingComparator(numHits, fieldname, cache, reversed ? Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY : Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY);
                 }
             };
         }
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/field/data/floats/FloatFieldDataType.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/field/data/floats/FloatFieldDataType.java
index f58362bf263..a2e7408554f 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/field/data/floats/FloatFieldDataType.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/field/data/floats/FloatFieldDataType.java
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ public class FloatFieldDataType implements FieldDataType<FloatFieldData> {
         if (missing.equals("_last")) {
             return new FieldComparatorSource() {
                 @Override public FieldComparator newComparator(String fieldname, int numHits, int sortPos, boolean reversed) throws IOException {
-                    return new FloatFieldDataMissingComparator(numHits, fieldname, cache, reversed ? Float.MIN_VALUE : Float.MAX_VALUE);
+                    return new FloatFieldDataMissingComparator(numHits, fieldname, cache, reversed ? Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY : Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY);
                 }
             };
         }
         if (missing.equals("_first")) {
             return new FieldComparatorSource() {
                 @Override public FieldComparator newComparator(String fieldname, int numHits, int sortPos, boolean reversed) throws IOException {
-                    return new FloatFieldDataMissingComparator(numHits, fieldname, cache, reversed ? Float.MAX_VALUE : Float.MIN_VALUE);
+                    return new FloatFieldDataMissingComparator(numHits, fieldname, cache, reversed ? Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY : Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY);
                 }
             };
         }