diff --git a/library/core/src/num/f32.rs b/library/core/src/num/f32.rs
index 6548ad2e514fb..f485e45912136 100644
--- a/library/core/src/num/f32.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/num/f32.rs
@@ -1282,15 +1282,14 @@ impl f32 {
     #[must_use = "method returns a new number and does not mutate the original value"]
     #[stable(feature = "clamp", since = "1.50.0")]
     #[inline]
-    pub fn clamp(self, min: f32, max: f32) -> f32 {
+    pub fn clamp(mut self, min: f32, max: f32) -> f32 {
         assert!(min <= max);
-        let mut x = self;
-        if x < min {
-            x = min;
+        if self < min {
+            self = min;
         }
-        if x > max {
-            x = max;
+        if self > max {
+            self = max;
         }
-        x
+        self
     }
 }
diff --git a/library/core/src/num/f64.rs b/library/core/src/num/f64.rs
index 75c92c2f8834a..3d385e3888a8b 100644
--- a/library/core/src/num/f64.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/num/f64.rs
@@ -1280,15 +1280,14 @@ impl f64 {
     #[must_use = "method returns a new number and does not mutate the original value"]
     #[stable(feature = "clamp", since = "1.50.0")]
     #[inline]
-    pub fn clamp(self, min: f64, max: f64) -> f64 {
+    pub fn clamp(mut self, min: f64, max: f64) -> f64 {
         assert!(min <= max);
-        let mut x = self;
-        if x < min {
-            x = min;
+        if self < min {
+            self = min;
         }
-        if x > max {
-            x = max;
+        if self > max {
+            self = max;
         }
-        x
+        self
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/assembly/x86_64-floating-point-clamp.rs b/src/test/assembly/x86_64-floating-point-clamp.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0f3b465d08d4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/assembly/x86_64-floating-point-clamp.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Floating-point clamp is designed to be implementable as max+min,
+// so check to make sure that's what it's actually emitting.
+
+// assembly-output: emit-asm
+// compile-flags: --crate-type=lib -O -C llvm-args=-x86-asm-syntax=intel
+// only-x86_64
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: clamp_demo:
+#[no_mangle]
+pub fn clamp_demo(a: f32, x: f32, y: f32) -> f32 {
+    // CHECK: maxss
+    // CHECK: minss
+    a.clamp(x, y)
+}
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: clamp12_demo:
+#[no_mangle]
+pub fn clamp12_demo(a: f32) -> f32 {
+    // CHECK: movss   xmm1
+    // CHECK-NEXT: maxss   xmm1, xmm0
+    // CHECK-NEXT: movss   xmm0
+    // CHECK-NEXT: minss   xmm0, xmm1
+    // CHECK: ret
+    a.clamp(1.0, 2.0)
+}