diff --git a/ext/json/json.c b/ext/json/json.c
index a28f99e10e8..f0163496689 100644
--- a/ext/json/json.c
+++ b/ext/json/json.c
@@ -427,25 +427,21 @@ static void json_escape_string(smart_str *buf, char *s, int len, int options TSR
 		if ((type = is_numeric_string(s, len, &p, &d, 0)) != 0) {
 			if (type == IS_LONG) {
 				smart_str_append_long(buf, p);
-			} else if (type == IS_DOUBLE) {
-				if (!zend_isinf(d) && !zend_isnan(d)) {
-					char num[NUM_BUF_SIZE];
-					int l;
+				return;
+			} else if (type == IS_DOUBLE && !zend_isinf(d) && !zend_isnan(d)) {
+				char num[NUM_BUF_SIZE];
+				int l;
 
-					php_gcvt(d, EG(precision), '.', 'e', (char *)num);
-					l = strlen(num);
-					if (options & PHP_JSON_PRESERVE_ZERO_FRACTION && strchr(num, '.') == NULL && l < NUM_BUF_SIZE - 2) {
-						num[l++] = '.';
-						num[l++] = '0';
-						num[l] = '\0';
-					}
-					smart_str_appendl(buf, num, l);
-				} else {
-					JSON_G(error_code) = PHP_JSON_ERROR_INF_OR_NAN;
-					smart_str_appendc(buf, '0');
+				php_gcvt(d, EG(precision), '.', 'e', (char *)num);
+				l = strlen(num);
+				if (options & PHP_JSON_PRESERVE_ZERO_FRACTION && strchr(num, '.') == NULL && l < NUM_BUF_SIZE - 2) {
+					num[l++] = '.';
+					num[l++] = '0';
+					num[l] = '\0';
 				}
+				smart_str_appendl(buf, num, l);
+				return;
 			}
-			return;
 		}
 
 	}
diff --git a/ext/json/tests/bug64695.phpt b/ext/json/tests/bug64695.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..899259f4b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/json/tests/bug64695.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #64695 JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK has issues with strings that are numbers plus the letter e
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php if (!extension_loaded("json")) print "skip"; ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$t = array('test' => '123343e871700');
+var_dump(json_encode($t, JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK));
+
+echo "Done\n";
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+string(24) "{"test":"123343e871700"}"
+Done