2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/server/src/com/vaadin/ui/declarative/DesignFormatter.java b/server/src/com/vaadin/ui/declarative/DesignFormatter.java
index dbeb756dd8..509015130d 100644
--- a/server/src/com/vaadin/ui/declarative/DesignFormatter.java
+++ b/server/src/com/vaadin/ui/declarative/DesignFormatter.java
@@ -292,8 +292,9 @@ public class DesignFormatter implements Serializable {
         if (object == null) {
             return null;
         } else {
-            return findConverterFor(object.getClass()).convertToPresentation(
-                    object, String.class, null);
+            Converter<String, Object> converter = findConverterFor(object
+                    .getClass());
+            return converter.convertToPresentation(object, String.class, null);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/server/tests/src/com/vaadin/tests/design/DesignFormatterTest.java b/server/tests/src/com/vaadin/tests/design/DesignFormatterTest.java
index 6510d8ad40..e2a91000c1 100644
--- a/server/tests/src/com/vaadin/tests/design/DesignFormatterTest.java
+++ b/server/tests/src/com/vaadin/tests/design/DesignFormatterTest.java
@@ -143,8 +143,11 @@ public class DesignFormatterTest {
     public void testFloatingPoint() {
         float f = 123.4567f;
         assertEquals("123.457", formatter.format(f));
-        assertEquals(f, formatter.parse("123.4567", float.class), 1e-4);
-        assertEquals(f, formatter.parse("123.4567", Float.class), 1e-4);
+
+        float f1 = formatter.parse("123.4567", float.class);
+        assertEquals(f, f1, 1e-4);
+        Float f2 = formatter.parse("123.4567", Float.class);
+        assertEquals(f, f2, 1e-4);
 
         double d = 123456789.123456789;
         assertEquals("123456789.123", formatter.format(d));