diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 782a893090..135e7897af 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2015-07-27  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
+
+	* valprint.c (generic_val_print): Factor out float
+	printing code to ...
+	(generic_val_print_float): ... this new function.
+
 2015-07-27  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
 
 	* valprint.c (generic_val_print): Factor out char
diff --git a/gdb/valprint.c b/gdb/valprint.c
index c8f1e0abab..0bce438264 100644
--- a/gdb/valprint.c
+++ b/gdb/valprint.c
@@ -707,6 +707,25 @@ generic_val_print_char (struct type *type, struct type *unresolved_type,
     }
 }
 
+/* generic_val_print helper for TYPE_CODE_FLT.  */
+
+static void
+generic_val_print_float (struct type *type, const gdb_byte *valaddr,
+			 int embedded_offset, struct ui_file *stream,
+			 const struct value *original_value,
+			 const struct value_print_options *options)
+{
+  if (options->format)
+    {
+      val_print_scalar_formatted (type, valaddr, embedded_offset,
+				  original_value, options, 0, stream);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      print_floating (valaddr + embedded_offset, type, stream);
+    }
+}
+
 /* A generic val_print that is suitable for use by language
    implementations of the la_val_print method.  This function can
    handle most type codes, though not all, notably exception
@@ -794,15 +813,8 @@ generic_val_print (struct type *type, const gdb_byte *valaddr,
       break;
 
     case TYPE_CODE_FLT:
-      if (options->format)
-	{
-	  val_print_scalar_formatted (type, valaddr, embedded_offset,
-				      original_value, options, 0, stream);
-	}
-      else
-	{
-	  print_floating (valaddr + embedded_offset, type, stream);
-	}
+      generic_val_print_float (type, valaddr, embedded_offset, stream,
+			       original_value, options);
       break;
 
     case TYPE_CODE_DECFLOAT: