diff --git a/Lib/fpformat.py b/Lib/fpformat.py
index a9c405ee423..74f5698d1bf 100644
--- a/Lib/fpformat.py
+++ b/Lib/fpformat.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def extract(s):
 	sign, intpart, fraction, exppart = res.group(1,2,3,4)
 	if sign == '+': sign = ''
 	if fraction: fraction = fraction[1:]
-	if exppart: expo = eval(exppart[1:])
+	if exppart: expo = int(exppart[1:])
 	else: expo = 0
 	return sign, intpart, fraction, expo