diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/math/FloatingDecimal.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/math/FloatingDecimal.java
index 9559c2f2709..5bbfccb2f6c 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/math/FloatingDecimal.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/math/FloatingDecimal.java
@@ -1838,9 +1838,13 @@ public class FloatingDecimal{
     }
 
     static ASCIIToBinaryConverter readDoubleSignlessDigits(int decExp, char[] digits, int length) {
-        if (decExp < MIN_DECIMAL_EXPONENT) {
-            return buildZero(BINARY_64_IX, 1);
+        if (decExp < 0) {
+            int kDigits = Math.min(length, MAX_DECIMAL_DIGITS + 1);
+            if (decExp - kDigits > 0) {
+                return buildZero(BINARY_64_IX, 1);
+            }
         }
+
         byte[] buf = new byte[length];
         for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
             buf[i] = (byte) digits[i];