diff --git a/Objects/floatobject.c b/Objects/floatobject.c
index 87395515f88..b3bcaa91ca0 100644
--- a/Objects/floatobject.c
+++ b/Objects/floatobject.c
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyFloat_Type = {
 	(printfunc)float_print, 		/* tp_print */
 	0,					/* tp_getattr */
 	0,					/* tp_setattr */
-	0, 		/* tp_compare */
+	(cmpfunc)float_compare, 		/* tp_compare */
 	(reprfunc)float_repr,			/* tp_repr */
 	&float_as_number,			/* tp_as_number */
 	0,					/* tp_as_sequence */