diff --git a/AK/String.h b/AK/String.h
index 42b7a8d58ff..a8471ee4e54 100644
--- a/AK/String.h
+++ b/AK/String.h
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ public:
     template<Arithmetic T>
     Optional<T> to_number(TrimWhitespace trim_whitespace = TrimWhitespace::Yes) const
     {
+#ifndef KERNEL
+        if constexpr (IsFloatingPoint<T>)
+            return StringUtils::convert_to_floating_point<T>(bytes_as_string_view(), trim_whitespace);
+#endif
         if constexpr (IsSigned<T>)
             return StringUtils::convert_to_int<T>(bytes_as_string_view(), trim_whitespace);
         else