diff --git a/src/backend/access/hash/hashfunc.c b/src/backend/access/hash/hashfunc.c
index 8d4c450b934..31f4a8273e0 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/hash/hashfunc.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/hash/hashfunc.c
@@ -109,14 +109,6 @@ hashfloat4(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	if (key == (float4) 0)
 		PG_RETURN_UINT32(0);
 
-	/*
-	 * Similarly, NaNs can have different bit patterns but they should all
-	 * compare as equal.  For backwards-compatibility reasons we force them to
-	 * have the hash value of a standard NaN.
-	 */
-	if (isnan(key))
-		key = get_float4_nan();
-
 	/*
 	 * To support cross-type hashing of float8 and float4, we want to return
 	 * the same hash value hashfloat8 would produce for an equal float8 value.
@@ -126,6 +118,16 @@ hashfloat4(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	 */
 	key8 = key;
 
+	/*
+	 * Similarly, NaNs can have different bit patterns but they should all
+	 * compare as equal.  For backwards-compatibility reasons we force them to
+	 * have the hash value of a standard float8 NaN.  (You'd think we could
+	 * replace key with a float4 NaN and then widen it; but on some old
+	 * platforms, that way produces a different bit pattern.)
+	 */
+	if (isnan(key8))
+		key8 = get_float8_nan();
+
 	return hash_any((unsigned char *) &key8, sizeof(key8));
 }