diff --git a/compiler/semtypes.nim b/compiler/semtypes.nim
index 8c5ae8086d..a0378c6f98 100644
--- a/compiler/semtypes.nim
+++ b/compiler/semtypes.nim
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ proc semRecordCase(c: PContext, n: PNode, check: var IntSet, pos: var int,
   case typ.kind
   of shouldChckCovered:
     chckCovered = true
-  of tyFloat..tyFloat128, tyError:
+  of tyError:
     discard
   of tyRange:
     if skipTypes(typ.elementType, abstractInst).kind in shouldChckCovered:
@@ -798,7 +798,8 @@ proc semRecordCase(c: PContext, n: PNode, check: var IntSet, pos: var int,
   of tyForward:
     errorUndeclaredIdentifier(c, n[0].info, typ.sym.name.s)
   elif not isOrdinalType(typ):
-    localError(c.config, n[0].info, "selector must be of an ordinal type, float")
+    localError(c.config, n[0].info, "selector must be of an ordinal type")
+
   if firstOrd(c.config, typ) != 0:
     localError(c.config, n.info, "low(" & $a[0].sym.name.s &
                                      ") must be 0 for discriminant")
diff --git a/tests/errmsgs/tobjectvariants.nim b/tests/errmsgs/tobjectvariants.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7084ec51d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/errmsgs/tobjectvariants.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+discard """
+  errormsg: "selector must be of an ordinal type"
+"""
+
+type
+  Case = object
+    case x: float
+    of 1.0:
+      id: int
+    else:
+      ta: float
+
+var s = Case(x: 4.0, id: 1)
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