diff --git a/gcc/rust/typecheck/rust-casts.cc b/gcc/rust/typecheck/rust-casts.cc
index 87b31b5820f6..fb7951032491 100644
--- a/gcc/rust/typecheck/rust-casts.cc
+++ b/gcc/rust/typecheck/rust-casts.cc
@@ -200,6 +200,16 @@ TypeCastRules::cast_rules ()
 	  }
 	  break;
 
+	  case TyTy::TypeKind::FLOAT: {
+	    // can only do this for number types not char
+	    bool from_char
+	      = from.get_ty ()->get_kind () == TyTy::TypeKind::CHAR;
+	    if (!from_char)
+	      return TypeCoercionRules::CoercionResult{{},
+						       to.get_ty ()->clone ()};
+	  }
+	  break;
+
 	case TyTy::TypeKind::INFER:
 	case TyTy::TypeKind::USIZE:
 	case TyTy::TypeKind::ISIZE:
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/rust/compile/issue-3261.rs b/gcc/testsuite/rust/compile/issue-3261.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..37e974d61696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/rust/compile/issue-3261.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// { dg-options "-w" }
+fn main() {
+    let a: i8 = 50;
+    let b = a as f32;
+    let c = a as f64;
+
+    let a: i16 = 1337;
+    let b = a as f32;
+    let c = a as f64;
+
+    let a: i32 = 1337;
+    let b = a as f32;
+    let c = a as f64;
+
+    let a: i64 = 1337;
+    let b = a as f32;
+    let c = a as f64;
+}