diff --git a/serde/src/private/de.rs b/serde/src/private/de.rs
index eb5424cc8..9d99aad97 100644
--- a/serde/src/private/de.rs
+++ b/serde/src/private/de.rs
@@ -1040,6 +1040,25 @@ mod content {
                 _ => Err(self.invalid_type(&visitor)),
             }
         }
+
+        fn deserialize_float<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, E>
+        where
+            V: Visitor<'de>,
+        {
+            match self.content {
+                Content::F32(v) => visitor.visit_f32(v),
+                Content::F64(v) => visitor.visit_f64(v),
+                Content::U8(v) => visitor.visit_u8(v),
+                Content::U16(v) => visitor.visit_u16(v),
+                Content::U32(v) => visitor.visit_u32(v),
+                Content::U64(v) => visitor.visit_u64(v),
+                Content::I8(v) => visitor.visit_i8(v),
+                Content::I16(v) => visitor.visit_i16(v),
+                Content::I32(v) => visitor.visit_i32(v),
+                Content::I64(v) => visitor.visit_i64(v),
+                _ => Err(self.invalid_type(&visitor)),
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     fn visit_content_seq<'de, V, E>(content: Vec<Content<'de>>, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, E>
@@ -1179,25 +1198,14 @@ mod content {
         where
             V: Visitor<'de>,
         {
-            match self.content {
-                Content::F32(v) => visitor.visit_f32(v),
-                Content::F64(v) => visitor.visit_f64(v),
-                Content::U64(v) => visitor.visit_u64(v),
-                Content::I64(v) => visitor.visit_i64(v),
-                _ => Err(self.invalid_type(&visitor)),
-            }
+            self.deserialize_float(visitor)
         }
 
         fn deserialize_f64<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
         where
             V: Visitor<'de>,
         {
-            match self.content {
-                Content::F64(v) => visitor.visit_f64(v),
-                Content::U64(v) => visitor.visit_u64(v),
-                Content::I64(v) => visitor.visit_i64(v),
-                _ => Err(self.invalid_type(&visitor)),
-            }
+            self.deserialize_float(visitor)
         }
 
         fn deserialize_char<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>