diff --git a/django/db/backends/__init__.py b/django/db/backends/__init__.py
index 9f64cfc5f0..77033390eb 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/__init__.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/__init__.py
@@ -885,6 +885,8 @@ class BaseDatabaseOperations(object):
         internal_type = field.get_internal_type()
         if internal_type == 'DecimalField':
             return value
+        elif internal_type == 'FloatField':
+            return float(value)
         elif (internal_type and (internal_type.endswith('IntegerField')
                                  or internal_type == 'AutoField')):
             return int(value)