diff --git a/src/jv.c b/src/jv.c
index 9784b22fee..e1fb209f34 100644
--- a/src/jv.c
+++ b/src/jv.c
@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ static jv jvp_literal_number_new(const char * literal) {
   n->refcnt = JV_REFCNT_INIT;
   n->literal_data = NULL;
   decContext *ctx = DEC_CONTEXT();
+  decContextClearStatus(ctx, DEC_Conversion_syntax);
   decNumberFromString(&n->num_decimal, literal, ctx);
   n->num_double = NAN;
 
diff --git a/tests/man.test b/tests/man.test
index 2a49effe6c..1c6ff67ed7 100644
--- a/tests/man.test
+++ b/tests/man.test
@@ -841,3 +841,8 @@ true
 {"foo": 42}
 {"foo": 43}
 
+.[]|tonumber?
+["1", "hello", "3", 4]
+1
+3
+4